Case: 21-1782 Document: 35 Page: 1 Filed: 02/08/2022

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

DALE T. SUNDBAKKEN, Claimant-Appellant

v.

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

2021-1782 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 19-4071, Judge Joseph L. Falvey Jr. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

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

EVAN WISSER, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Di- vision, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also represented by BRIAN M. BOYNTON, CLAUDIA BURKE, MARTIN F. HOCKEY, JR; BRIAN D. GRIFFIN, DEREK SCADDEN, Office of General Case: 21-1782 Document: 35 Page: 2 Filed: 02/08/2022

Counsel, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

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

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

February 8, 2022 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court