Granted
The Board granted a waiver of recovery of the overpayment in the calculated amount of $28,146.19 due to equity and good conscience.
The deciding factor: The RO's fault in retroactively adding J as a spouse without verification outweighed other factors such as financial hardship or unjust enrichment.
- 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 2, 2025
- Citation
- 25012405
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