Case: 21-1916 Document: 34 Page: 1 Filed: 05/06/2022

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ DANIEL D. HENDERSON, Claimant-Appellant v. DENIS MCDONOUGH, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent-Appellee ______________________ 2021-1916 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 19-6463, Judge Scott Laurer. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ KENNETH M. CARPENTER, Law Offices of Carpenter Chartered, Topeka, KS, argued for claimant-appellant.

KELLY A. KRYSTYNIAK, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Wash- ington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also repre- sented by BRIAN M. BOYNTON, CLAUDIA BURKE, PATRICIA M.

MCCARTHY; BRIAN D. GRIFFIN, JULIE HONAN, Office of Gen- eral Counsel, United States Department of Veterans Af- fairs, Washington, DC.

Case: 21-1916 Document: 34 Page: 2 Filed: 05/06/2022

______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED: PER CURIAM (PROST, TARANTO, and CHEN, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

May 6, 2022 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court