Granted
The Board granted a waiver of recovery for an overpayment of VA improved pension benefits, finding that the Veteran had financial hardship and that recovery would be against equity and good conscience.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's lack of means to repay the debt due to his financial hardships outweighed any fault on his part in creating the overpayment.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 17, 2019
- Citation
- 19179314
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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