Case: 24-1080 Document: 52 Page: 1 Filed: 09/09/2025

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ KORY TERISA KARINGTEN, FKA SARAFINA A.

CROFT, Petitioner v. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent ______________________ 2024-1080 ______________________ Petition for review of the Merit Systems Protection Board in No. AT-0752-17-0703-I-2. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ ALLEN ARTHUR SHOIKHETBROD, Tully Rinckey, PLLC, Latham, NY, argued for petitioner. Also represented by AMANDA LYNN EILEEN SMITH, Buffalo, NY.

ANNA BONDURANT ELEY, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Jus- tice, Washington, DC, argued for respondent. Also repre- sented by REGINALD THOMAS BLADES, JR., PATRICIA M.

MCCARTHY, KRISTIN ELAINE OLSON, BRETT SHUMATE. ______________________ Case: 24-1080 Document: 52 Page: 2 Filed: 09/09/2025

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED: PER CURIAM (PROST, CUNNINGHAM, Circuit Judges, and ANDREWS, District Judge) 1.

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

September 9, 2025 Date

Honorable Richard G. Andrews, District Judge, United States District Court for the District of Delaware, sitting by designation.