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`NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.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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`NEAL E. ELKIN,
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS,
`Respondent
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`2022-2239
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`Petition for review of the Merit Systems Protection
`Board in No. SF-1221-20-0387-W-1.
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`JUDGMENT
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`JAMES SOLOMON, Solomon, Maharaj & Kasimati, PA,
`Tampa, FL, argued for petitioner.
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` BRYAN MICHAEL BYRD, Commercial Litigation Branch,
`Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Wash-
`ington, DC, argued for respondent. Also represented by
`BRIAN M. BOYNTON, ELIZABETH MARIE HOSFORD, PATRICIA
`M. MCCARTHY.
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`THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is
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`Case: 22-2239 Document: 46 Page: 2 Filed: 03/11/2024
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`ORDERED and ADJUDGED:
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` PER CURIAM (TARANTO, HUGHES, and CUNNINGHAM,
`Circuit Judges).
`AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.
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` ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT
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`March 11, 2024
`Date
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