The Board denied the Veteran's challenges to the overpayment creation and his waiver of debt claims. The Board found that the Veteran caused the overpayment by failing to report O.M.C.'s death until April 2018, and thus waived his claim for a waiver of the debt.
The deciding factor: The Veteran failed to notify VA of O.M.C.'s death in a timely manner, causing an overpayment. The Veteran's failure to act did not cause or contribute to the creation of the overpayment, but he should have known that he was in an illegal receipt of VA funds after his spouse's death.
- 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, 2022
- Citation
- 22059333
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