Case: 24-1343 Document: 56 Page: 1 Filed: 12/03/2025

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ FRANK J. CRISAFULLI, Claimant-Appellant v. DOUGLAS A. COLLINS, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent-Appellee ______________________ 2024-1343 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 21-8284, Judge Joseph L. Toth. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ KENNETH DOJAQUEZ, Carpenter Chartered, Topeka, KS, argued for claimant-appellant. Also represented by KENNETH M. CARPENTER.

ISABELLE AUBRUN, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Wash- ington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also repre- sented by MARTIN F. HOCKEY, JR., PATRICIA M. MCCARTHY, BRETT SHUMATE; CHRISTINA LYNN GREGG, DEREK SCADDEN, Case: 24-1343 Document: 56 Page: 2 Filed: 12/03/2025

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 (MOORE, Chief Judge, TARANTO, Circuit Judge, and CHUN, District Judge1).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

December 3, 2025 Date

Honorable John H. Chun, District Judge, United States District Court for the Western District of Washing- ton, sitting by designation.