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NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.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