NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.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