The Board found that the overpayment of VA pension benefits created during the period from January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2009 was valid. The overpayment created during the period from January 1, 2010 to July 31, 2013 was not valid due to an error in applying a one-time life insurance payment towards income. As such, the Veteran's appeal for waiver of recovery of the overpayment is granted.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that the creation of the overpayment during the period from January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2009 was not due to fraud, misrepresentation or bad faith on the part of the Veteran. However, the overpayment created during the period from January 1, 2010 to July 31, 2013 was not valid because an erroneous application of a one-time life insurance payment towards income led to an incorrect assessment.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 25, 2018
- Citation
- 1804924
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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