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benefit should have been $240 since 8/15. Therefore, Mr. Martin was overpaid a total of $600 by VA from 8/15 through 12/15. Mr. Martin once again started receiving AG benefits in 1/16. To recover the VA overpayment, his VA benefit is reduced by $120 a month from 3/16 through 7/16. Since Mr. Martin did not receive AG benefits during the time he was overpaid, the $120 a month withheld to recover the overpayment is included in determining the amount of Mr. Martin's current unearned income. 48.2.2. Unable To Determine If Exception Applies If, after completing all development, you are unable to determine if the exception applies, do not include the amount being withheld to recover an overpayment when determining the amount of unearned income. 48.2.3. Multiple Overpayments When two or more overpayments are being recovered at the same time, assume the overpayment recovery amount is first withheld to repay any overpayments not subject to the exception. Apply this assumption regardless of the chronological order in which the overpayments occurred. For example, an individual receiving Title II was overpaid in 1999 and 2000. For purposes of collecting the overpayment, recovery is allocated in chronological order, i.e., the 1999 overpayment is satisfied first and then collection begins for the 2000 overpayment. However, for the purposes of this section, if the Double Counting Exception applies only to the 1999 overpayment, assume the 2000 overpayment is satisfied first. Apply the exception to the 1999 overpayment but only after the 2000 overpayment collection has been satisfied. Example Mr. Smith was overpaid $300 in VA benefits in 2014 and $500 in 2015. VA began withholding $100 a month in August 2015. The withholding will continue until the full $800 is recovered, August 2015 through March 2016. Mr. Smith reapplied and was approved for AG in July 2015.