The Board has granted a waiver of overpayment for the Veteran's compensation benefits due to his felony incarceration, finding that recovery would be against equity and good conscience given the Veteran's dire financial situation and the VA's delay in reducing his benefits.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the fault lies with both the Veteran (for not notifying VA of his incarceration) and VA (for its delay in reducing his compensation benefits), resulting in an overpayment. The recovery would cause undue hardship to the Veteran, who has expenses exceeding his income.
- 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 28, 2022
- Citation
- A22021851
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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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