Case: 20-1728 Document: 40 Page: 1 Filed: 01/06/2021

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

GROVER W. PARROTT, Claimant-Appellant

v.

ROBERT WILKIE, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent-Appellee ______________________

2020-1728 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 19-371, Judge Coral Wong Pietsch, Judge William S. Greenberg, Judge Joseph L. Falvey, Jr. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

DAVID SCOTT JELSMA, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Denver, CO, argued for claimant-appellant. Also rep- resented by THOMAS W. STOEVER, JR.

RETA EMMA BEZAK, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Wash- ington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also repre- sented by JEFFREY B. CLARK, CLAUDIA BURKE, ROBERT EDWARD KIRSCHMAN, JR.; AMANDA BLACKMON, BRIAN D. Case: 20-1728 Document: 40 Page: 2 Filed: 01/06/2021

GRIFFIN, 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 (PROST, Chief Judge, TARANTO and CHEN, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

January 6, 2021 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court