Case: 22-2082 Document: 35 Page: 1 Filed: 04/02/2024

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ JOHNNY M. VICKOUS, Claimant-Appellant v. DENIS MCDONOUGH, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent-Appellee ______________________ 2022-2082 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 20-8195, Judge Joseph L. Toth, Judge Michael P. Allen, Judge William S. Greenberg. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ KENNETH DOJAQUEZ, Carpenter Chartered, Topeka, KS, argued for claimant-appellant.

YARIV S. PIERCE, 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; Y. KEN LEE, SAMANTHA ANN SYVERSON, Office Case: 22-2082 Document: 35 Page: 2 Filed: 04/02/2024

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 (DYK, MAYER, and TARANTO, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

April 2, 2024 Date