Case: 20-1246 Document: 35 Page: 1 Filed: 03/04/2021

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

MICHAEL L. YOUNGBLOOD, Claimant-Appellant

v.

DENIS MCDONOUGH, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent-Appellee ______________________

2020-1246 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 18-378, Chief Judge Margaret C. Bartley, Judge Amanda L. Meredith, Judge Coral Wong Pi- etsch. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

KENNETH M. CARPENTER, Law Offices of Carpenter Chartered, Topeka, KS, argued for claimant-appellant.

WILLIAM JAMES GRIMALDI, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Jus- tice, Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also represented by JEFFREY B. CLARK, ROBERT EDWARD KIRSCHMAN, JR., LOREN MISHA PREHEIM; MEGHAN Case: 20-1246 Document: 35 Page: 2 Filed: 03/04/2021

ALPHONSO, BRIAN D. GRIFFIN, Office of General Counsel, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Washing- ton, DC. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (DYK, MOORE, and REYNA, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

March 4, 2021 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court