VA Benefit Overpayment Notices to Resume


This month, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced that they will be resuming benefit overpayment notifications and all veterans who received benefit overpayments in 2020 are now responsible for paying them back.

According to an article published by 8 News, “The VA announced Wednesday that it is resuming its mailing notification letters to veterans for benefit overpayments that were suspended from April 3 to Jan. 1, 2021. According to a release, the collection of these overpayments was deferred to provide financial relief to veterans due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Have questions? You may submit a request or call 800-827-0648 for more information (call volume is generally lower Tuesday – Friday).

Relevant pages: Veterans Disability