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`NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.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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`KEVIN STEELE,
`Claimant-Appellant
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`v.
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`DENIS MCDONOUGH, SECRETARY OF
`VETERANS AFFAIRS,
`Respondent-Appellee
`______________________
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`2022-2282
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`Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for
`Veterans Claims in No. 21-1633, Chief Judge Margaret C.
`Bartley.
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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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` DANIEL FALKNOR, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil
`Division, United States Department of Justice, Washing-
`ton, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also represented
`by BRIAN M. BOYNTON, ELIZABETH MARIE HOSFORD,
`PATRICIA M. MCCARTHY; JONATHAN KRISCH, Y. KEN LEE,
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`Case: 22-2282 Document: 33 Page: 2 Filed: 04/05/2024
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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 (REYNA, CUNNINGHAM, Circuit Judges,
`and ALBRIGHT, District Judge1).
`AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.
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` ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT
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`April 5, 2024
`Date
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`1 Honorable Alan D Albright, District Judge, United
`States District Court for the Western District of Texas, sit-
`ting by designation.
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