Case: 21-1384 Document: 29 Page: 1 Filed: 11/15/2021

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ MICHAEL B. LOYD, Claimant-Appellant v. DENIS MCDONOUGH, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent-Appellee ______________________ 2021-1384 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 19-2574, Senior Judge Robert N.

Davis. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ KENNETH M. CARPENTER, Law Offices of Carpenter Chartered, Topeka, KS, argued 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, MARTIN F. HOCKEY, JR., LOREN MISHA PREHEIM; CHRISTINA LYNN GREGG, BRIAN D. GRIFFIN, Office Case: 21-1384 Document: 29 Page: 2 Filed: 11/15/2021

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, TARANTO, and CHEN, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

November 15, 2021 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court