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NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.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