Case: 20-1974 Document: 50 Page: 1 Filed: 01/04/2022

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES, Petitioner

v.

SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent ______________________

2020-1974 ______________________

Petition for review pursuant to 38 U.S.C. Section 502. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

JAMES DANIEL RIDGWAY, Bergmann & Moore, LLC, Be- thesda, MD, argued for petitioner. Also represented by GLENN R. BERGMANN; THOMAS POLSENO.

MEEN GEU OH, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Di- vision, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, argued for respondent. Also represented by BRIAN M. BOYNTON, CLAUDIA BURKE, MARTIN F. HOCKEY, JR., NATHANAEL YALE; BRIAN D. GRIFFIN, ANDREW J. STEINBERG, Office of General Counsel, United States De- partment of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC. Case: 20-1974 Document: 50 Page: 2 Filed: 01/04/2022

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THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (NEWMAN, PROST, and CUNNINGHAM, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

January 4, 2022 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court