Case: 22-1412 Document: 31 Page: 1 Filed: 06/07/2023

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ CHARLES R. MALLALIEU, JR., Claimant-Appellant v. DENIS MCDONOUGH, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent-Appellee ______________________ 2022-1412 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 20-6191, Senior Judge Robert N.

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

NATHANAEL YALE, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washing- ton, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also represented by BRIAN M. BOYNTON, CLAUDIA BURKE, PATRICIA M.

MCCARTHY; BRIAN D. GRIFFIN, ANDREW J. STEINBERG, Case: 22-1412 Document: 31 Page: 2 Filed: 06/07/2023

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 (CHEN, HUGHES, and CUNNINGHAM, Cir- cuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

June 7, 2023 /s/ Jarrett B. Perlow Date Jarrett B. Perlow Acting Clerk of Court