Case: 21-2287 Document: 32 Page: 1 Filed: 04/11/2023

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ WILLIAM A. BRAGG, Claimant-Appellant v. DENIS MCDONOUGH, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent-Appellee ______________________ 2021-2287 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 20-377, Senior Judge Mary J.

Schoelen. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ KENNETH M. CARPENTER, Law Offices of Carpenter Chartered, Topeka, KS, argued for claimant-appellant.

BRET VALLACHER, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washing- ton, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also represented by BRIAN M. BOYNTON, ELIZABETH MARIE HOSFORD, PATRICIA M. MCCARTHY; JONATHAN KRISCH, Y. KEN LEE, Case: 21-2287 Document: 32 Page: 2 Filed: 04/11/2023

Office 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 (LOURIE, DYK, and STARK, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

April 11, 2023 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court