Case: 22-1745 Document: 53 Page: 1 Filed: 06/14/2023

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

VETERANS LEGAL ADVOCACY GROUP, Claimant-Appellant

v.

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

2022-1745 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 20-8291, Judge Amanda L. Mere- dith, Judge Scott Laurer, Judge William S. Greenberg. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

HAROLD HAMILTON HOFFMAN, III, Veterans Legal Ad- vocacy Group, Arlington, VA, argued for claimant-appel- lant. Also represented by MEGAN EILEEN HOFFMAN.

STEVEN MICHAEL MAGER, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Jus- tice, Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also represented by BRIAN M. BOYNTON, CLAUDIA BURKE, PATRICIA M. MCCARTHY; NATHAN KROES, CHRISTA A. Case: 22-1745 Document: 53 Page: 2 Filed: 06/14/2023

SHRIBER, 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 (PROST, CHEN, and CUNNINGHAM, Cir- cuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

June 14, 2023 /s/ Jarrett B. Perlow Date Jarrett B. Perlow Acting Clerk of Court