The Board granted an extension of the time limit for filing a substantive appeal in response to the December 2016 SOC that denied entitlement to waiver of recovery of a VA pension overpayment due to good cause.
The deciding factor: Good cause was shown for the Veteran's failure to file a timely substantive appeal, as the December 2016 SOC sent to the Varsity Drive address was not returned as undeliverable and various VA letters issued in 2015 and 2016 were sent to two different addresses.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 27, 2025
- Citation
- A25046746
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.
What you can do next
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