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`NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.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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`LESTER L. DEAN, JR.,
`Claimant-Appellant
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`v.
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`DENIS MCDONOUGH, SECRETARY OF
`VETERANS AFFAIRS,
`Respondent-Appellee
`______________________
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`2022-2179
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`Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for
`Veterans Claims in No. 21-2920, Judge Amanda L. Mere-
`dith.
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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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` MEREDYTH COHEN HAVASY, Commercial Litigation
`Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Jus-
`tice, Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee.
`Also represented by BRIAN M. BOYNTON, WILLIAM JAMES
`GRIMALDI, PATRICIA M. MCCARTHY, EVAN WISSER; BRIAN D.
`GRIFFIN, SAMANTHA ANN SYVERSON, Office of General
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`Case: 22-2179 Document: 40 Page: 2 Filed: 03/08/2024
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`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 (PROST, STOLL, and STARK, 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 8, 2024
`Date
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