Legal Opinion
Marceliana B. Vda. De Magno v. United States of America
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided September 24, 1980No. 79-1852PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge WALD.
WALD, Circuit Judge:
The question before the court is whether the district court has jurisdiction over an action challenging a decision of the Veterans’ Administration (the “VA”) which imposed a set-off of an alleged debt against a veteran’s widow’s life insurance benefits. The “debt” was the result of a VA decision which declared forfeit her VA pension benefits on the basis of a purported fraud. We conclude that the district court erred in concluding that it lacked jurisdiction to determine whether the setoff was proper, and remand for…
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