The Board has determined that the overpayment of VA compensation benefits in the amount of $11,385.23 was properly created for the period from June 18, 2013 through December 12, 2016 due to a retroactive reduction in the compensation rate to the 10 percent rate after the Veteran’s incarceration for felony conviction.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there was sole VA administrative error in the payment of the compensation benefits due to the delay and failure to promptly act by the RO, which constituted an overpayment debt owed to VA from the recipient of the erroneous award.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 13, 2019
- Citation
- 19185547
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,506 · Granted: 43% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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