The Board found that the overpayment of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) compensation benefits was properly created due to the Veteran's failure to promptly notify VA of changes in his dependents' status, resulting in an overpayment. The appeal is denied.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not notify VA of dependency changes until after they occurred, contributing to the erroneous award and thus there was no sole administrative error.
- Claimed conditions
- Spouse, Stepchildren
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 17, 2020
- Citation
- A20018800
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