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NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.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