Case: 21-1928 Document: 58 Page: 1 Filed: 05/06/2022

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ WILLIAM SHEPPARD, Claimant-Appellant v. DENIS MCDONOUGH, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent-Appellee ______________________ 2021-1928 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 19-4776, Chief Judge Margaret C.

Bartley, Judge Joseph L. Falvey, Jr., Judge Michael P. Al- len. ______________________ Decided: May 6, 2022 ______________________ MEGAN EILEEN HOFFMAN, Veterans Legal Advocacy Group, Arlington, VA, argued for claimant-appellant. Also represented by HAROLD HAMILTON HOFFMAN, III; BENJAMIN BINDER, Tampa, FL; JENIFER LOHNES, Lohnes Law PLLC, Charlottesville, VA. LIRIDONA SINANI, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Case: 21-1928 Document: 58 Page: 2 Filed: 05/06/2022

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Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also represented by BRIAN M. BOYNTON, MARTIN F. HOCKEY, JR., ELIZABETH MARIE HOSFORD; JONATHAN KRISCH, Y. KEN LEE, Office of General Counsel, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC. ______________________ Before DYK, REYNA, and HUGHES, Circuit Judges.

HUGHES, Circuit Judge.

William Sheppard argues that the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims misinterpreted 38 C.F.R. § 20.101(d) (2018) (since amended and renumbered to 38 C.F.R. § 20.104(c)). We dismiss for lack of jurisdiction because the Veterans Court determined in the alternative that any er- ror is harmless, and we do not have jurisdiction to review the Veterans Court’s harmless-error determination. Con- way v. Principi, 353 F.3d 1369, 1375 (Fed. Cir. 2004); 38 U.S.C. § 7292(d)(2).

DISMISSED No costs.