Case: 23-1505 Document: 50 Page: 1 Filed: 10/09/2025

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ DEBORAH GARRETT-CLEVELAND, SUBSTITUTED FOR HORACE CLEVELAND, Claimant-Appellant v. DOUGLAS A. COLLINS, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent-Appellee ______________________ 2023-1505 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 20-6780, Judge Amanda L. Mere- dith. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ GWENDOLYN TAWRESEY, Troutman Pepper Locke LLP, Boston, MA, argued for claimant-appellant. Also repre- sented by TIMOTHY L. MCHUGH, Richmond, VA; JOHN F.

CAMERON, John F. Cameron, Attorney at Law, Montgom- ery, AL; JOHN D. NILES, Carpenter Chartered, Topeka, KS.

DANIEL FALKNOR, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Case: 23-1505 Document: 50 Page: 2 Filed: 10/09/2025

Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also represented by BRIAN M. BOYNTON, WILLIAM JAMES GRIMALDI, PATRICIA M. MCCARTHY. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED: PER CURIAM (DYK, HUGHES, and STOLL, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

October 9, 2025 Date