Branham v. Derwinski

MANKIN, Associate Judge:

In this case the Court is called upon to consider for the first time an appeal involving the Department of Veterans’ Affairs’ (VA) Home Loan Guaranty Program. See 38 U.S.C. §§ 1801-1851 (1988 & Supp. I 1989). The Home Loan Guaranty Program was originally established in the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944, Pub.L. 78-346, 58 Stat. 291 (1944).

Jurisdiction of the Court is founded upon 38 U.S.C. § 4052 (1988).

Through the assistance of the VA Home Loan Guaranty Program appellant was able to purchase a new home. Three months after he purchased his house appellant sold…