Case: 21-1755 Document: 24 Page: 1 Filed: 10/07/2021

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ EVANDER COOK, Claimant-Appellant v. DENIS MCDONOUGH, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent-Appellee ______________________ 2021-1755 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 19-8462, Judge Scott Laurer. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ JOHN D. NILES, Carpenter Chartered, Topeka, KS, ar- gued for claimant-appellant.

IGOR HELMAN, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Di- vision, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also represented by BRIAN M. BOYNTON, ERIC P. BRUSKIN, MARTIN F. HOCKEY, JR.; JONATHAN KRISCH, Y. KEN LEE, Office of General Coun- sel, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Wash- ington, DC.

Case: 21-1755 Document: 24 Page: 2 Filed: 10/07/2021

______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED: PER CURIAM (MOORE, Chief Judge, NEWMAN and REYNA, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

/s/ Peter R. Marksteiner October 7, 2021 Peter R. Marksteiner Date Clerk of Court