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`NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.
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`United States Court of Appeals
`for the Federal Circuit
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`JOHNNY M. VICKOUS,
`Claimant-Appellant
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`v.
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`DENIS MCDONOUGH, SECRETARY OF
`VETERANS AFFAIRS,
`Respondent-Appellee
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`2022-2082
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`Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for
`Veterans Claims in No. 20-8195, Judge Joseph L. Toth,
`Judge Michael P. Allen, Judge William S. Greenberg.
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`JUDGMENT
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`KENNETH DOJAQUEZ, Carpenter Chartered, Topeka,
`KS, argued for claimant-appellant.
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` YARIV S. PIERCE, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil
`Division, United States Department of Justice, Washing-
`ton, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also represented
`by BRIAN M. BOYNTON, ERIC P. BRUSKIN, PATRICIA M.
`MCCARTHY; Y. KEN LEE, SAMANTHA ANN SYVERSON, Office
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`Case: 22-2082 Document: 35 Page: 2 Filed: 04/02/2024
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`of General Counsel, United States Department of Veterans
`Affairs, Washington, DC.
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`THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is
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`ORDERED and ADJUDGED:
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` PER CURIAM (DYK, MAYER, and TARANTO, Circuit
`Judges).
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`AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.
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` ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT
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`April 2, 2024
`Date
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