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NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.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

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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