Case: 21-1968 Document: 29 Page: 1 Filed: 01/11/2022

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

BILLIE STEPHENS, Claimant-Appellant

v.

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

2021-1968 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 20-3943, Judge Joseph L. Toth. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

ROBERT C. BROWN, JR., Norman, OK, argued for claim- ant-appellant.

NATHANAEL YALE, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washing- ton, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also represented by BRIAN M. BOYNTON, CLAUDIA BURKE, MARTIN F. HOCKEY, JR.; BRIAN D. GRIFFIN, EVAN SCOTT GRANT, Office of General Counsel, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC. Case: 21-1968 Document: 29 Page: 2 Filed: 01/11/2022

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THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (MOORE, Chief Judge, BRYSON and DYK, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

/s/ Peter R. Marksteiner January 11, 2022 Peter R. Marksteiner Date Clerk of Court