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NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.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