Case: 22-1985 Document: 3 Page: 1 Filed: 12/27/2022

NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

CURTIS E. KLEFSTAD, Claimant-Appellant

v.

DENIS MCDONOUGH, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Respondent-Appellee ______________________

2022-1985 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 20-5351, Judge Grant Jaquith. ______________________

ORDER The appellant having failed to file the brief required by Federal Circuit Rule 31(a) within the time permitted by the rules, it is Case: 22-1985 Document: 3 Page: 2 Filed: 12/27/2022

2 KLEFSTAD V. MCDONOUGH

ORDERED that the notice of appeal be, and the same hereby is, DISMISSED, for failure to prosecute in accordance with the rules.

FOR THE COURT

December 27, 2022 Date /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court

ISSUED AS A MANDATE: December 27, 2022