Case: 21-2334 Document: 35 Page: 1 Filed: 02/14/2023

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ FRANK P. PEIRITSCH, Claimant-Appellant v. DENIS MCDONOUGH, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent-Appellee ______________________ 2021-2334 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 19-8748, Judge Joseph L. Toth. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ KENNETH DOJAQUEZ, Carpenter Chartered, Topeka, KS, argued for claimant-appellant.

MATTHEW JUDE CARHART, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Jus- tice, Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee.

Also represented by BRIAN M. BOYNTON, PATRICIA M.

MCCARTHY, LOREN MISHA PREHEIM; BRIAN D. GRIFFIN, JULIE HONAN, Office of General Counsel, United States De- partment of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC.

Case: 21-2334 Document: 35 Page: 2 Filed: 02/14/2023

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

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

February 14, 2023 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court