Granted
The Board found that the overpayment of VA death pension benefits was due to the Appellant's failure to notify VA of her retroactive SSA benefits. The Board granted a waiver of recovery, finding it against equity and good conscience to recover the debt given the Appellant's financial hardship.
The deciding factor: Recovery would cause unjust enrichment to the debtor and undue financial 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 25, 2019
- Citation
- 19132407
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.
What you can do next
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