Case: 21-1940 Document: 32 Page: 1 Filed: 04/11/2022
NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.
United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
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JOHN S. KOOPMANS,
Claimant-Appellant
v.
DENIS MCDONOUGH, SECRETARY OF
VETERANS AFFAIRS,
Respondent-Appellee
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2021-1940
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Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for
Veterans Claims in No. 19-7943, 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.
SHARI A. ROSE, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Di-
vision, United States Department of Justice, Washington,
DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also represented by
BRIAN M. BOYNTON, BRYAN MICHAEL BYRD, TARA K.
HOGAN, PATRICIA M. MCCARTHY; JULIE HONAN, Y. KEN LEE,
Case: 21-1940 Document: 32 Page: 2 Filed: 04/11/2022
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
ORDERED and ADJUDGED:
PER CURIAM (PROST, MAYER, and TARANTO, Circuit
Judges).
AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.
ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT
April 11, 2022 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
Date Peter R. Marksteiner
Clerk of Court
Koopmans v. McDonough
Combined Opinion