The Board found that the overpayment of $6,401.46 was properly created due to concurrent receipt of Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) and dependent disability benefits, which resulted in a reduction of the Veteran's dependency allowance for his child who elected DEA benefits.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not receive proper notice regarding the overpayment creation due to errors in address updates by VA and lack of timely notification from VA to his representative.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 7, 2022
- Citation
- 22050812
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