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`NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.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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`PHILIP A. CLIFTON, SR.,
`Claimant-Appellant
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`v.
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`DENIS MCDONOUGH, SECRETARY OF
`VETERANS AFFAIRS,
`Respondent-Appellee
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`2022-2149
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`Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for
`Veterans Claims in No. 21-4, Senior Judge Mary J. Schoe-
`len.
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`JUDGMENT
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`KENNETH M. CARPENTER, Law Offices of Carpenter
`Chartered, Topeka, KS, argued for claimant-appellant.
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` STEPHEN J. SMITH, Commercial Litigation Branch,
`Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Wash-
`ington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also repre-
`sented by BRIAN M. BOYNTON, ERIC P. BRUSKIN, PATRICIA
`M. MCCARTHY; EVAN SCOTT GRANT, BRIAN D. GRIFFIN,
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`Case: 22-2149 Document: 44 Page: 2 Filed: 03/06/2024
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`Office 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 (TARANTO, CHEN, and STOLL, 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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`March 6, 2024
`Date
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