Berotti v. West

HOLDAWAY, Judge:

The appellant, Albert Berotti, appeals from a decision of the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (Board or BVA) which denied him a waiver of indebtedness for defaulting on a home loan guaranteed by the Veterans’ Administration, now the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). For the following reasons, the Court will affirm the decision of the BVA.

I. FACTS

The appellant had active service in the U.S. Air Force from February 1954 to October 1957. In August 1983, the appellant purchased a house in Aurora, Colorado, for $97,987.00, financed by a loan guaranteed in part by VA, and secured by a…