Case: 22-1436 Document: 42 Page: 1 Filed: 07/11/2023

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ JULIO RODRIGUEZ, Claimant-Appellant v. DENIS MCDONOUGH, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent-Appellee ______________________ 2022-1436 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 20-4016, Senior Judge William A.

Moorman. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ ADAM R. LUCK, GloverLuck, LLP, Dallas, TX, argued for claimant-appellant. Also represented by AMANDA SUNDAY.

KELLY GEDDES, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washing- ton, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also represented by BRIAN M. BOYNTON, ERIC P. BRUSKIN, PATRICIA M.

MCCARTHY; BRIAN D. GRIFFIN, SAMANTHA ANN SYVERSON, Case: 22-1436 Document: 42 Page: 2 Filed: 07/11/2023

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 (MOORE, Chief Judge, LOURIE and CUNNINGHAM, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

July 11, 2023 /s/ Jarrett B. Perlow Date Jarrett B. Perlow Clerk of Court