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Code · CFR · Title 22 — Foreign Relations · Part 17 — Overpayments from the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund Under the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System (FSRDS) and the Foreign Service Pension System (FSPs) · § 17.8

§ 17.8. Burdens of proof.

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(a)Burden of the Department of State. The Bureau of Resource Management, Department of State, must establish by the preponderance of the evidence that an overpayment occurred.
(b)Burden of individual. The recipient of an overpayment must establish by substantial evidence that he or she is eligible for waiver or an adjustment in the recovery schedule.
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