Case: 21-1817 Document: 40 Page: 1 Filed: 12/14/2021

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

MARK H. BONNER, Claimant-Appellant

v.

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

2021-1817 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 18-6927, Chief Judge Margaret C. Bartley, Judge Michael P. Allen, Judge William S. Green- berg. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

MARK H. BONNER, Ave Maria School of Law, Naples, FL, argued for claimant-appellant.

BORISLAV KUSHNIR, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Wash- ington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also repre- sented by RETA EMMA BEZAK, BRIAN M. BOYNTON, CLAUDIA BURKE, MARTIN F. HOCKEY, JR.; BRIAN D. GRIFFIN, ANDREW Case: 21-1817 Document: 40 Page: 2 Filed: 12/14/2021

J. STEINBERG, 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 (PROST, TARANTO, and CHEN, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

December 14, 2021 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court