Case: 24-1172 Document: 56 Page: 1 Filed: 11/12/2025

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

JESUS G. ATILANO, Claimant-Appellant

v.

DOUGLAS A. COLLINS, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent-Appellee ______________________

2024-1172 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 17-1428, Judge Joseph L. Toth. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

SEAN A. RAVIN, Miami, FL, argued for claimant-appel- lant.

BLAKE WILLIAM COWMAN, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Jus- tice, Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also represented by PATRICK ANGULO, CLAUDIA BURKE, PATRICIA M. MCCARTHY, BRETT SHUMATE; JONATHAN KRISCH, DEREK SCADDEN, Office of General Counsel, Case: 24-1172 Document: 56 Page: 2 Filed: 11/12/2025

United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Washing- ton, DC. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (LOURIE, STOLL, and STARK, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

November 12, 2025 Date