Case: 23-1598 Document: 54 Page: 1 Filed: 12/08/2025

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ GARRETT F. WALLACE, Claimant-Appellant v. DOUGLAS A. COLLINS, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent-Appellee ______________________ 2023-1598 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 21-4087, Judge Joseph L. Toth. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ FALEN M. LAPONZINA, ADVOCATE Nonprofit Organi- zation, Washington, DC, argued for claimant-appellant.

MOLLIE LENORE GROPP, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Wash- ington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also repre- sented by ELIZABETH MARIE HOSFORD, PATRICIA M.

MCCARTHY, BRETT SHUMATE; MATTHEW ALBANESE, BRIAN D. GRIFFIN, Office of General Counsel, United States De- partment of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC.

Case: 23-1598 Document: 54 Page: 2 Filed: 12/08/2025

______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED: PER CURIAM (MOORE, Chief Judge, TARANTO and HUGHES, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

December 8, 2025 Date