Case: 21-1940 Document: 32 Page: 1 Filed: 04/11/2022

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ JOHN S. KOOPMANS, Claimant-Appellant v. DENIS MCDONOUGH, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent-Appellee ______________________ 2021-1940 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 19-7943, Judge Amanda L. Mere- dith. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ KENNETH M. CARPENTER, Law Offices of Carpenter Chartered, Topeka, KS, argued for claimant-appellant.

SHARI A. ROSE, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Di- vision, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also represented by BRIAN M. BOYNTON, BRYAN MICHAEL BYRD, TARA K.

HOGAN, PATRICIA M. MCCARTHY; JULIE HONAN, Y. KEN LEE, Case: 21-1940 Document: 32 Page: 2 Filed: 04/11/2022

Office of General Counsel, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED: PER CURIAM (PROST, MAYER, and TARANTO, 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