Case: 23-2201 Document: 55 Page: 1 Filed: 09/11/2025

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ ALFRED RUBEN PELT, Claimant-Appellant v. DOUGLAS A. COLLINS, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent-Appellee ______________________ 2023-2201 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 21-6212, Judge Amanda L. Mere- dith, Judge Coral Wong Pietsch, Judge Joseph L. Toth. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ JOHN D. NILES, Carpenter Chartered, Topeka, KS, ar- gued for claimant-appellant. Also represented by KENNETH M. CARPENTER; AMY BETH KRETKOWSKI, Law Of- fice of Amy B. Kretkowski, PLC, Iowa City, IA.

PATRICK ANGULO, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washing- ton, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also represented by CLAUDIA BURKE, PATRICIA M. MCCARTHY, BRETT Case: 23-2201 Document: 55 Page: 2 Filed: 09/11/2025

SHUMATE; EVAN SCOTT GRANT, DEREK SCADDEN, 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 (CHEN, LINN, and HUGHES, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

September 11, 2025 Date