Case: 21-2258 Document: 40 Page: 1 Filed: 02/10/2023

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

JOHN J. MIRANDA, Claimant-Appellant

v.

DENIS MCDONOUGH, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent-Appellee ______________________

2021-2258 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 19-5973, Judge Joseph L. Falvey, Jr. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

JEFFREY LIU, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washing- ton, DC, argued for claimant-appellant. Also represented by MATTHEW BALL, Denver, CO; ANDREW T. BROWN, SEAN S. TWOMEY, Los Angeles, CA.

SOSUN BAE, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Divi- sion, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also represented by MOLLIE LENORE FINNAN, BRIAN M. BOYNTON, CLAUDIA Case: 21-2258 Document: 40 Page: 2 Filed: 02/10/2023

BURKE, PATRICIA M. MCCARTHY; BRIAN D. GRIFFIN, DEREK SCADDEN, Office of General Counsel, United States Depart- ment of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (MOORE, Chief Judge, LOURIE and DYK, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

February 10, 2023 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court