Case: 23-2071 Document: 9 Page: 1 Filed: 01/04/2024

NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ TOMMIE LEE MILES, III, Claimant-Appellant v. DENIS MCDONOUGH, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Respondent-Appellee ______________________ 2023-2071 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 22-914, Judge Scott Laurer. ______________________ 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 ORDERED that the notice of appeal be, and the same hereby is, DISMISSED, for failure to prosecute in accordance with the rules.

Case: 23-2071 Document: 9 Page: 2 Filed: 01/04/2024

2 MILES V. MCDONOUGH

FOR THE COURT

January 4, 2024 Date

ISSUED AS A MANDATE: January 4, 2024