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`NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.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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`GREGORY DOUGLAS SMITH,
`Claimant-Appellant
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`v.
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`DENIS MCDONOUGH, SECRETARY OF
`VETERANS AFFAIRS,
`Respondent-Appellee
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`CAROLYN CLARK,
`Claimant-Appellant
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`v.
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`DENIS MCDONOUGH, SECRETARY OF
`VETERANS AFFAIRS,
`Respondent-Appellee
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`2022-2213, 2022-2225
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`Appeals from the United States Court of Appeals for
`Veterans Claims in No. 21-1244, Judge William S. Green-
`berg.
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`JUDGMENT
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`Case: 22-2213 Document: 31 Page: 2 Filed: 03/07/2024
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`ELIZABETH HOLT ANDREWS, Troutman Pepper Hamil-
`ton Sanders LLP, Redwood City, CA, argued for all claim-
`ants-appellants. Also represented by JOHN D. NILES, KATY
`CLEMENS, Carpenter Chartered, Topeka, KS. Claimant-ap-
`pellant Gregory Douglas Smith also represented by
`TIMOTHY L. MCHUGH, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders
`LLP, Richmond, VA; GWENDOLYN TAWRESEY Boston, MA.
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` MATTHEW JUDE CARHART, Commercial Litigation
`Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Jus-
`tice, Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee.
`Also represented by BRIAN M. BOYNTON, MARTIN F.
`HOCKEY, JR., PATRICIA M. MCCARTHY; CHRISTOPHER O.
`ADELOYE, Y. KEN LEE, 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 (MOORE, Chief Judge, LOURIE and DYK,
`Circuit Judges).
`AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.
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` ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT
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`March 7, 2024
`Date
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