Case: 22-2213 Document: 31 Page: 1 Filed: 03/07/2024

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

GREGORY DOUGLAS SMITH, Claimant-Appellant

v.

DENIS MCDONOUGH, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent-Appellee

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CAROLYN CLARK, Claimant-Appellant

v.

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

2022-2213, 2022-2225 ______________________

Appeals from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 21-1244, Judge William S. Green- berg. ______________________

JUDGMENT Case: 22-2213 Document: 31 Page: 2 Filed: 03/07/2024

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ELIZABETH HOLT ANDREWS, Troutman Pepper Hamil- ton Sanders LLP, Redwood City, CA, argued for all claim- ants-appellants. Also represented by JOHN D. NILES, KATY CLEMENS, Carpenter Chartered, Topeka, KS. Claimant-ap- pellant Gregory Douglas Smith also represented by TIMOTHY L. MCHUGH, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP, Richmond, VA; GWENDOLYN TAWRESEY Boston, MA.

MATTHEW JUDE CARHART, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Jus- tice, Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also represented by BRIAN M. BOYNTON, MARTIN F. HOCKEY, JR., PATRICIA M. MCCARTHY; CHRISTOPHER O. ADELOYE, Y. KEN LEE, 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, LOURIE and DYK, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

March 7, 2024 Date