Case: 25-2013 Document: 4 Page: 1 Filed: 09/22/2025

NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ DAVID HOWARD, Claimant-Appellant v. DOUGLAS A. COLLINS, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Respondent-Appellee ______________________ 2025-2013 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 24-818, Judge Margaret C. Bartley. ______________________ ORDER The appellant having failed to pay the docketing fee required by Federal Circuit Rule 52(a)(1) within the time permitted by the rules, it is ORDERED that the notice of appeal be, and the same hereby is, DISMISSED, for failure to prosecute in accordance with the rules.

FOR THE COURT

September 22, 2025 Date