NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

TIMOTHY STEPHEN SKARADA, Petitioner

v.

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent ______________________

2019-1233 ______________________

Petition for review of the Merit Systems Protection Board in No. PH-1221-17-0037-W-1. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

STEPHEN WICKS, Law Office of Stephen D. Wicks, Al- toona, PA, argued for petitioner.

ALBERT S. IAROSSI, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Wash- ington, DC, argued for respondent. Also represented by JOSEPH H. HUNT, ELIZABETH MARIE HOSFORD, ROBERT EDWARD KIRSCHMAN, JR. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (PROST, Chief Judge, CLEVENGER and MOORE, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

November 8, 2019 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court