The Board found that the overpayment of VA compensation benefits was not properly created from February 2017 to January 2018, and granted this portion of the appeal. The creation of the overpayment from February 2018 to July 2018 was proper, and thus denied.
The deciding factor: The Board concluded that VA's delay in processing the removal of the Veteran’s spouse caused the overpayment from February 2017 to January 2018. The Veteran did not have knowledge or should not have been aware of the erroneous award due to administrative error, and thus it was reasonable for him to believe he was being paid correctly.
- 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 11, 2019
- Citation
- 19170476
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