Case: 23-2207 Document: 37 Page: 1 Filed: 02/11/2025

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ WILLIE L. BRIDGES, Claimant-Appellant v. DOUGLAS A. COLLINS, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent-Appellee ______________________ 2023-2207 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 22-2604, Judge Amanda L. Mere- dith. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ KATY CLEMENS, Carpenter Chartered, Topeka, KS, ar- gued for claimant-appellant. Also represented by JOHN D.

NILES.

RETA EMMA BEZAK, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Wash- ington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also repre- sented by BRIAN M. BOYNTON, ERIC P. BRUSKIN, PATRICIA M.MCCARTHY; BRIAN D. GRIFFIN, ANDREW J. STEINBERG, Case: 23-2207 Document: 37 Page: 2 Filed: 02/11/2025

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 (PROST, WALLACH, and CHEN, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

February 11, 2025 Date