The Board denied the appellant's request for waiver of recovery of an overpayment of VA pension benefits due to her failure to report all sources of income, including unemployment and Social Security benefits, which resulted in a misrepresentation. The Board found that this constituted bad faith.
The deciding factor: The appellant misrepresented material facts by not reporting all sources of income (including unemployment and Social Security benefits) on her death pension application, resulting in an overpayment and denial of waiver.
- 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 28, 2019
- Citation
- 19181601
What this means for you
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