The VA has determined that the appellant is responsible for a loan guaranty indebtedness of $16,450 due to his default on a mortgage. The decision was made after VA paid the lender and calculated the total loss incurred.
The deciding factor: VA's right to collect the debt stems from its indemnity as the guarantor of the loan, and the amount is based on the total loss sustained by the government following the foreclosure sale.
- Claimed conditions
- Not specified in this decision
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- February 17, 2000
- Citation
- 0004278
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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