Case: 20-1653 Document: 41 Page: 1 Filed: 05/04/2021

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ JAMES J. PERCIAVALLE, Claimant-Appellant v. DENIS MCDONOUGH, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent-Appellee ______________________ 2020-1653 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 18-3242, Chief Judge Margaret C.

Bartley, Judge Joseph L. Toth, Judge William S. Green- berg. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ KENNETH DOJAQUEZ, Carpenter Chartered, Topeka, KS, argued for claimant-appellant.

ASHLEY AKERS, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washing- ton, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also represented by BRIAN M. BOYNTON, MARTIN F. HOCKEY, JR., LOREN MISHA PREHEIM; BRIAN D. GRIFFIN, ANDREW J. STEINBERG, Case: 20-1653 Document: 41 Page: 2 Filed: 05/04/2021

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 (REYNA, CLEVENGER, and STOLL, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

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