Case: 20-2231 Document: 42 Page: 1 Filed: 10/12/2021

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ SANTIAGO GALAVIZ, Claimant-Appellant v. DENIS MCDONOUGH, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent-Appellee ______________________ 2020-2231 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 19-19, Judge Michael P. Allen. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ KENNETH DOJAQUEZ, Carpenter Chartered, Topeka, KS, argued for claimant-appellant.

MOLLIE LENORE FINNAN, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Jus- tice, Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee.

Also represented by BRIAN M. BOYNTON, MARTIN F.

HOCKEY, JR., ROBERT EDWARD KIRSCHMAN, JR.; BRIAN D.

GRIFFIN, SAMANTHA ANN SYVERSON, Office of General Counsel, Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC.

Case: 20-2231 Document: 42 Page: 2 Filed: 10/12/2021

______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED: PER CURIAM (LOURIE, DYK, and O’MALLEY, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

October 12, 2021 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court