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NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.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

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