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Granted

The Board has granted a waiver of the recovery of overpayment in the amount of $45,108.33 due to significant unjust enrichment and against equity and good conscience.

The deciding factor: Recovery would violate principles of equity and good conscience primarily because of fault on the part of VA for not reducing benefits promptly after notification of incarceration.

Claimed conditions
Not specified in this decision
How they argued it
Not specified
Exposure basis
None
Rating assigned
None in this decision
Decision date
January 2, 2020
Citation
20000224

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.

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