Granted
The Board has granted a waiver of recovery for the overpayment of VA pension benefits due to underreporting income from employment in 2006 and 2008. The decision is against equity and good conscience, as repayment would cause undue financial hardship.
The deciding factor: Recovery of the remaining debt would result in undue financial hardship for the Veteran, causing him to be deprived of basic necessities.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 21, 2020
- Citation
- 20068028
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.
What you can do next
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