Case: 24-1060 Document: 50 Page: 1 Filed: 07/08/2025

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ ROBERT L. HARRIS, Claimant-Appellant v. DOUGLAS A. COLLINS, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent-Appellee ______________________ 2024-1060 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 21-7630, Judge Joseph L. Toth. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ KENNETH DOJAQUEZ, Carpenter Chartered, Topeka, KS, argued for claimant-appellant. Also represented by PAUL JENNINGS, TRICIA PATTEN PETEK, MilVet Law Firm PLLC, Lacey, WA.

MEREDYTH COHEN HAVASY, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Jus- tice, Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee.

Also represented by CLAUDIA BURKE, PATRICIA M.

MCCARTHY, YAAKOV ROTH; BRIAN D. GRIFFIN, RICHARD Case: 24-1060 Document: 50 Page: 2 Filed: 07/08/2025

STEPHEN HUBER, 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, STOLL, Circuit Judge, and WANG, District Judge1).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

July 8, 2025 Date

Honorable Nina Y. Wang, District Judge, United States District Court for the District of Colorado, sitting by designation.