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Overpayment due to VA oversight and waiver
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I was approved permanent and total back in April of 2014. I didn't receive the notice until the end of July. My children were approved chapter 35 benefits which they retroactively paid to my daughter dating back to April 2014. She requested they start her benefits in August 2014 but they still paid back to April regardless of her request. Prior to that I received benefits for her since she was in college and I was at 100%. I was told she would immediately be dropped from my benefits since she would be receiving chapter 35 benefits. I also sent in a request to remove her from my benefits at the same time. The VA has taken their sweet time removing her and processing the request. I received a letter yesterday stating that an inquiry was done on my account and they discovered I was being paid for her at the same time she is receiving chapter 35. Since April of 2014 I have contacted he VA on numerous occasions to see if they had processed the request to remove her and each time was told they typically take up to 6 months. As of this month it has been 18 months since I sent in the request. My family has had several hardships since then and we rely heavily on my disability to pay our bills. My husband has a decent income but his contract is up with his job and he will be let go sometime between now and the end of the year and to boot he has injured his neck. His income mostly covers his child support and IRS payments at the moment along with money for food and medical. My income covers the bulk of our bills. In addition my daughters car (the college student) threw a rod and then the car we purchased so she could continue school was totaled last week when she hit a tree. Now she is using my car until we can afford to regroup and get her another car. Could I possibly get a waiver due to the VA not processing the request to remove my daughter and me advising them that I was being overpaid and them paying her for additional months of school despite her asking to not start her pay until August 2014? Does anyone have a sample hardship letter? Please help! I am desperate to find a solution and can't afford to lose my entire check much less a portion at the moment! TIA!
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Okay, I know that this is a very hard time right now but look at the VA form 5655 again. It is very detailed and they get down right in your business but if you take the time to properly fill this for
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Have you seen this web site and tried these opinions? http://www.va.gov/debtman/Submit_A_Waiver_Request.asp When submitting a written letter make sure you inform the VA that you filed a timely correct
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Blame doesn't matter. Technically, it's an overpayment that you are now being asked to pay back. Yeah, they probably expected you to set aside the difference in the expectation that they'd come back
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