Case: 23-1696 Document: 17 Page: 1 Filed: 12/26/2023

NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

MICHAEL B. GONZALES, Claimant-Appellant

v.

DENIS MCDONOUGH, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Respondent-Appellee ______________________

2023-1696 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 21-271, Judge Joseph L. Toth. ______________________

ORDER The appellant having failed to file the brief required by Federal Circuit Rule 31(a) within the time permitted by the rules, it is Case: 23-1696 Document: 17 Page: 2 Filed: 12/26/2023

2 GONZALES V. MCDONOUGH

ORDERED that the notice of appeal be, and the same hereby is, DISMISSED, for failure to prosecute in accordance with the rules.

FOR THE COURT

December 26, 2023 Date

ISSUED AS A MANDATE: December 26, 2023