Case: 22-1981 Document: 40 Page: 1 Filed: 12/06/2023

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

CARYN C. SCHWAB, Claimant-Appellant

v.

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

2022-1981 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 20-7178, Judge Coral Wong Pi- etsch. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

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

GALINA I. FOMENKOVA, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Wash- ington, DC, for respondent-appellee. Also represented by BRIAN M. BOYNTON, MATTHEW JUDE CARHART, ELIZABETH MARIE HOSFORD, PATRICIA M. MCCARTHY; JULIE HONAN, Y. Case: 22-1981 Document: 40 Page: 2 Filed: 12/06/2023

KEN LEE, 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 (MOORE, Chief Judge, HUGHES and STARK, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

December 6, 2023 Date