Case: 20-2290 Document: 38 Page: 1 Filed: 07/20/2021

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ CHARLES B. CLARKE, Claimant-Appellant v. DENIS MCDONOUGH, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent-Appellee ______________________ 2020-2290 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 19-2857, Judge Joseph L. Toth. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ JOHN ROBERT UNRUH, Unruh Law, P.C., San Francisco, CA, argued for claimant-appellant.

ERIN MURDOCK-PARK, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Wash- ington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also repre- sented by BRIAN M. BOYNTON, TARA K. HOGAN, ROBERT EDWARD KIRSCHMAN, JR., ERIC JOHN SINGLEY; JULIE HONAN. Y. KEN LEE, Office of General Counsel, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC.

Case: 20-2290 Document: 38 Page: 2 Filed: 07/20/2021

______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED: PER CURIAM (NEWMAN, PROST, and CHEN, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

July 20, 2021 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court