Case: 21-2288 Document: 34 Page: 1 Filed: 02/09/2023

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ HUGH D. COX, JR., Claimant-Appellant v. DENIS MCDONOUGH, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent-Appellee ______________________ 2021-2288 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 19-3317, Judge Joseph L. Falvey Jr., Judge Joseph L. Toth, Judge Michael P. Allen. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ KENNETH M. CARPENTER, Law Offices of Carpenter Chartered, Topeka, KS, argued for claimant-appellant.

BORISLAV KUSHNIR, 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; JONATHAN KRISCH, CHRISTA A. SHRIBER, Office Case: 21-2288 Document: 34 Page: 2 Filed: 02/09/2023

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 (MOORE, Chief Judge, CLEVENGER and DYK, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

February 9, 2023 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court