The Board denied the Veteran's appeal regarding overpayment of dependency compensation benefits and service connection for an unspecified condition. The decision found that the creation of the overpayment was valid, as the Veteran should have known he was receiving incorrect payments due to his child reaching the age of 18.
The deciding factor: The Veteran knew or should have known about the error in receiving benefits for a dependent who had reached the age of 18 and not pursuing school.
- Claimed conditions
- Unspecified condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 21, 2020
- Citation
- 20035489
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