Case: 20-1268 Document: 38 Page: 1 Filed: 10/23/2020

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ MATTIE L. SHUFORD, Claimant-Appellant v. ROBERT WILKIE, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent-Appellee ______________________ 2020-1268 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 18-1713, Judge Joseph L. Falvey, Jr. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ JOHN F. CAMERON, John F. Cameron, Attorney at Law, Montgomery, AL, argued for claimant-appellant.

I GOR HELMAN, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Di- vision, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also represented by JEFFREY B. CLARK, ELIZABETH MARIE HOSFORD, ROBERT EDWARD KIRSCHMAN, JR.; SAMANTHA ANN SYVERSON, Y.

Case: 20-1268 Document: 38 Page: 2 Filed: 10/23/2020

KEN LEE, Office of General Counsel, United States Depart- ment of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED: PER CURIAM (NEWMAN, DYK, and TARANTO, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

October 23, 2020 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court