The Veteran's overpayment of $16,692.42 is not a validly created debt and therefore the claim for waiver of recovery is granted.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran was entitled to dependency benefits for his wife, which explains why he did not receive the VA correspondence regarding re-certifying his wife's dependency status.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 20, 2019
- Citation
- A19003768
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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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