(a) The hearing official or administrative law judge shall uphold VA's determination of the existence and amount of the debt unless determined to be erroneous by a preponderance of the evidence.
(b) The hearing official or administrative law judge shall uphold VA's offset schedule unless the schedule would result in extreme hardship to the employee.
(Authority: 5 U.S.C. 5514)
[52 FR 1905, Jan. 16, 1987; 52 FR 23824, June 25, 1987]
authority: Sections 1.500 to 1.527 issued under 72 Stat. 1114, 1236, as amended;
38 U.S.C. 501,
5701
source: 40 FR 33944, Aug. 12, 1975, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 38 CFR 1.987