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NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.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.

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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

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