Case: 23-1049 Document: 42 Page: 1 Filed: 07/12/2024

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

WOODARD W. JONES, Claimant-Appellant

v.

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

2023-1049 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 21-2525, Judge Joseph L. Toth. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

JENNIFER TRACY SHANNON HEALY, Veterans Legal Ad- vocacy Group, Arlington, VA, argued for claimant-appel- lant. Also represented by HAROLD HAMILTON HOFFMAN, III, MEGAN EILEEN HOFFMAN.

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, ERIC P. BRUSKIN, PATRICIA M. MCCARTHY; CHRISTINA LYNN GREGG, BRIAN D. GRIFFIN, Case: 23-1049 Document: 42 Page: 2 Filed: 07/12/2024

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, PROST, Circuit Judge, and MAZZANT, District Judge 1). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

July 12, 2024 Date

1 Honorable Amos L. Mazzant, III, District Judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, sitting by designation.