The Board found that the debt of $2,868.00 was properly created due to VA's administrative error in sending a check for the Veteran's benefit to the appellant as his surviving spouse. The Board also found that recovery of this overpayment would be against equity and good conscience due to the appellant's financial hardship and awarded waiver of the debt.
The deciding factor: The creation of the overpayment was not solely due to administrative error, but the appellant should have been aware she was not entitled to the benefits. The Board found that recovery of the debt would cause undue hardship for the appellant.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 17, 2018
- Citation
- 1822878
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