Case: 16-1929 Document: 93 Page: 1 Filed: 04/30/2021

NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ JAMES L. KISOR, Claimant-Appellant v. DENIS MCDONOUGH, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent-Appellee ______________________ 2016-1929 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 14-2811, Senior Judge Alan G.

Lance, Sr. ______________________ ON PETITION FOR REHEARING ______________________ Before REYNA, SCHALL, and WALLACH, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

ORDER James L. Kisor filed a petition for rehearing en banc. A response thereto was invited by the court and was filed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. American Veterans, Case: 16-1929 Document: 93 Page: 2 Filed: 04/30/2021

2 KISOR v. MCDONOUGH

National Organization of Veterans’ Advocates, Inc., Para- lyzed Veterans of America, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, and Vietnam Veterans of America re- quested leave to file a brief as amici curiae which the court granted. Mr. Kisor’s petition was presumed to encompass a petition for panel rehearing and was referred to the panel.

Upon consideration thereof, IT IS ORDERED THAT: The petition for panel rehearing is granted to the ex- tent that the previous precedential opinion and judgment issued August 12, 2020, are withdrawn and replaced with the modified precedential opinion and judgment accompa- nying this order.

FOR THE COURT April 30, 2021 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court