The Board denied the appeal as an overpayment of VA nonservice-connected pension benefits was properly created, and no reduction in the amount is warranted.
The deciding factor: The appellant received SSA benefits which qualified as countable income for her VA pension, leading to an overpayment. The Board found that the debt itself was valid but did not reduce the amount due to lack of qualifying expenses provided by 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
- December 23, 2019
- Citation
- 19196049
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Decisions by this judge: 2,199 · Granted: 25% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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