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Granted

The Board granted the waiver of recovery of an overpayment of Chapter 33 educational assistance benefits in the amount of $35,868.90 due to no indication of fraud, misrepresentation, or bad faith and because recovery would be against equity and good conscience.

The deciding factor: Recovery was found to be against equity and good conscience given that there was no fault on the part of the appellant in creating the debt and collection would result in undue hardship for her family.

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 6, 2021
Citation
21062178

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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