Case: 21-1462 Document: 31 Page: 1 Filed: 11/05/2021

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

KATHY GARDNER-DICKSON, Claimant-Appellant

v.

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

2021-1462 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 19-4765, Judge Amanda L. Mere- dith, Judge Joseph L. Falvey Jr., Judge William S. Green- berg. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

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

REBECCA SARAH KRUSER, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Jus- tice, Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also represented by BRIAN M. BOYNTON, ERIC P. BRUSKIN, MARTIN F. HOCKEY, JR.; CHRISTOPHER O. ADELOYE, BRIAN Case: 21-1462 Document: 31 Page: 2 Filed: 11/05/2021

D. GRIFFIN, Office of General Counsel, United States De- partment of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (LOURIE, DYK, and REYNA, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

November 5, 2021 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court