Case: 20-1941 Document: 46 Page: 1 Filed: 04/11/2022

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ JOYCE R. BILLIE, SUBSTITUTED FOR BOBBY R. GEORGE, Claimant-Appellant v. DENIS MCDONOUGH, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent-Appellee ______________________ 2020-1941 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 16-1221, Senior Judge Mary J.

Schoelen, Judge Michael P. Allen, Judge William S. Green- berg. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ KENNETH M. CARPENTER, Law Offices of Carpenter Chartered, Topeka, KS, argued for claimant-appellant.

MOLLIE LENORE FINNAN, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Jus- tice, Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee.

Also represented by BRIAN M. BOYNTON, MARTIN F.

Case: 20-1941 Document: 46 Page: 2 Filed: 04/11/2022

HOCKEY, JR., LOREN MISHA PREHEIM; MARTIE ADELMAN, Y.

KEN LEE, ANDREW J. STEINBERG, Office of General Counsel, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Washing- ton, DC. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED: PER CURIAM (LOURIE, REYNA, and CHEN, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

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