NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ NYLE T. SPORTS, JR., Claimant-Appellant v. ROBERT WILKIE, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent-Appellee ______________________ 2019-1220 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 17-3135, Judge Amanda L. Mere- dith. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ ALEX P. HONTOS, Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Minneapolis, MN, argued for claimant-appellant. Also represented by EVAN JAMES LIVERMORE, LAUREN OLIVIA ROSO.

ERIC LAUFGRABEN, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Wash- ington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also repre- sented by WILLIAM JAMES GRIMALDI, JOSEPH H. HUNT, ROBERT EDWARD KIRSCHMAN, JR., LOREN MISHA PREHEIM; MARTIE ADELMAN, BRIAN D. GRIFFIN, Office of General Counsel, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED: PER CURIAM (DYK, TARANTO, and CHEN, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

November 6, 2019 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court