{"data":{"id":"us/38-cfr-1.987","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"38 CFR 1.987","heading":"Review by the hearing official or administrative law judge.","body":"(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.\n(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.","path":["Title 38—Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief","CHAPTER I—DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS","PART 1—GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-38.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:50Z","sha256":"7fe0ae4cbad56e34fb6c4f98c01243b796159fccc26deef325694e6303872d9a","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/38-cfr-1.986","next":"us/38-cfr-1.988"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}