Case: 20-1625 Document: 65 Page: 1 Filed: 04/08/2021

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

ORLANDO GUADALUPE, Claimant-Appellant

v.

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

2020-1625 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 17-747, Senior Judge William A. Moorman. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

JOHN D. NILES, Carpenter Chartered, Topeka, KS, ar- gued for claimant-appellant. Also represented by KATY CLEMENS, HUGH MCCLEAN, Bob Parsons Veterans Advo- cacy Clinic, University of Baltimore School of Law, Balti- more, MD.

REBECCA SARAH KRUSER, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Jus- tice, Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Case: 20-1625 Document: 65 Page: 2 Filed: 04/08/2021

Also represented by CLAUDIA BURKE, JEFFREY B. CLARK, ROBERT EDWARD KIRSCHMAN, JR.; BRIAN D. GRIFFIN, JONATHAN KRISCH, Office of General Counsel, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (WALLACH, MAYER, and HUGHES, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

April 8, 2021 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court