The Board determined that the debt was not validly created due to a retroactive apportionment of VA compensation benefits, and thus the Veteran owes nothing related to his period of imprisonment.
The deciding factor: The declaration of the debt occurred before the grant of an apportionment, which resulted in retroactive payments being made to the Veteran's wife, leading to the invalid creation of the debt.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 5, 2018
- Citation
- 18131590
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