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Hello all,
I am very upset and posting for ANY AND ALL ADVICE. I received a phone call moments ago from someone who could only give a first name of "Greg" at the Milwaukee VA. He stated that I had been paid benefits "but I was not entitled to these benefits." These benefits were direct deposited into my bank account and had already cleared as being "available."
I was granted retroactive DIC benefits for the 10 years since my husband passed. I am also owed burial benefits. I have never received an accounting of the benefits. And I was unaware a deposit had even been made into my bank account until receiving this call. However, now, that they have made a deposit, HOW IS VA ALLOWED TO GO BACK INTO MY BANK ACCOUNT AND TAKE THEM BACK?
After a quick google of the situation, even if these benefits "were in error" (which I do not believe, but let's pretend) they would have been issued 100% in VA Administrative error as I have been truthful with them from the start. And it appears from everything online in past cases that if it was 100% VA administrative error, they could NOT take these benefits back? because it would not be a valid debt....
PLEASE ANY AND ALL HELP WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW I CAN FINALLY BE GIVEN BENEFITS AND THEN THEY CAN BE TAKEN AWAY...
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If the funds was deposited in your account then the funds are legally yours until you get a written notice that it was an error. Just like you received a letter from VA granting you benefits, VA must
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You could also file an IRIS inquiry, as a complaint. www.va.gov, at the Contact us Button, then click on ask a question,then file it as a service complaint. Ask for an email reply (they can make stuf
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