Case: 21-1461 Document: 28 Page: 1 Filed: 11/16/2021

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

HAROLD T. WAY, Claimant-Appellant

v.

DENIS MCDONOUGH, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent-Appellee ______________________

2021-1461 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 19-2099, Senior Judge William P. Greene, Jr. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

KENNETH M. CARPENTER, Law Offices of Carpenter Chartered, Topeka, KS, argued for claimant-appellant.

RETA EMMA BEZAK, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Wash- ington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also repre- sented by BRIAN M. BOYNTON, MARTIN F. HOCKEY, JR., LOREN MISHA PREHEIM; Y. KEN LEE, ANDREW J. STEINBERG, Case: 21-1461 Document: 28 Page: 2 Filed: 11/16/2021

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 (NEWMAN, SCHALL, and PROST, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

November 16, 2021 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court