Case: 22-1883 Document: 49 Page: 1 Filed: 12/07/2023

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

VICTORIA JOHNSON, Claimant-Appellant

v.

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

2022-1883 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 18-3683, Judge Amanda L. Mere- dith. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

ALEXANDRA M. AVVOCATO, Morrison & Foerster LLP, New York, NY, for claimant-appellant. Also represented by AARON GABRIEL FOUNTAIN, Austin, TX; DEANNE MAYNARD, Washington, DC.

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, MARTIN F. HOCKEY, JR., PATRICIA M. Case: 22-1883 Document: 49 Page: 2 Filed: 12/07/2023

MCCARTHY; BRIAN D. GRIFFIN, JONATHAN KRISCH, 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 (DYK, SCHALL, and STARK, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

December 7, 2023 Date