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Only one partial claim may be made per loan

To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to take certain actions in the case of a default on a home loan guaranteed by the Secretary, and for other purposes, section 3, Sec. 3. Written by .

Only one partial claim may be made per loan

The document says “can”Who acts: Secretary of Veterans AffairsHow: statuteSec. 3 in the PDF
What the document says

“Subject to subparagraph (B), the Secretary may make only one partial claim per loan.”

To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to take certain actions in the case of a default on a home loan guaranteed by the Secretary, and for other purposes, Sec. 3

The new section limits the program to a single partial claim on any one loan, subject to the disaster exception in subparagraph (B).

What the document actually says

“Subject to subparagraph (B), the Secretary may make only one partial claim per loan.”

To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to take certain actions in the case of a default on a home loan guaranteed by the Secretary, and for other purposes, Sec. 3
That sentence, in plain words

The VA can do this once for each loan.

What this is about

A veteran cannot come back for a second one. The next rule sets out the one case where they can.

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  1. The document itself

    VA Home Loan Program Reform Act, Public Law 119-31, sec. 3, 139 Stat. 476 (2025).
    https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ31/html/PLAW-119publ31.htm

  2. This page

    “Only one partial claim may be made per loan,” VA Home Loan Program Reform Act, section 3, Sec. 3. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/va-home-loan-program-reform-act/proposal/sec03-one-claim-per-loan/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).

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