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`NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.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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`MARIQUITA M. TIRPAK,
`Claimant-Appellant
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`v.
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`DENIS MCDONOUGH, SECRETARY OF
`VETERANS AFFAIRS,
`Respondent-Appellee
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`2023-1083
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`Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for
`Veterans Claims in No. 21-1087, Judge Joseph L. Falvey,
`Jr.
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`JUDGMENT
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`ADAM STEINMETZ, Desmarais LLP, Washington, DC,
`argued for claimant-appellant. Also represented by JUSTIN
`P.D. WILCOX; CHRISTOPHER ALDO PORCO, Porco Law, Lan-
`sing, MI.
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` AMANDA TANTUM, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil
`Division, United States Department of Justice, Washing-
`ton, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also represented
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`Case: 23-1083 Document: 46 Page: 2 Filed: 03/11/2024
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`by BRIAN M. BOYNTON, MARTIN F. HOCKEY, JR., PATRICIA M.
`MCCARTHY.
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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, 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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