Case: 21-1928 Document: 58 Page: 1 Filed: 05/06/2022
NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.
United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
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WILLIAM SHEPPARD,
Claimant-Appellant
v.
DENIS MCDONOUGH, SECRETARY OF
VETERANS AFFAIRS,
Respondent-Appellee
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2021-1928
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Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for
Veterans Claims in No. 19-4776, Chief Judge Margaret C.
Bartley, Judge Joseph L. Falvey, Jr., Judge Michael P. Al-
len.
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Decided: May 6, 2022
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MEGAN EILEEN HOFFMAN, Veterans Legal Advocacy
Group, Arlington, VA, argued for claimant-appellant. Also
represented by HAROLD HAMILTON HOFFMAN, III;
BENJAMIN BINDER, Tampa, FL; JENIFER LOHNES, Lohnes
Law PLLC, Charlottesville, VA.
LIRIDONA SINANI, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil
Division, United States Department of Justice,
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2 SHEPPARD v. MCDONOUGH
Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also
represented by BRIAN M. BOYNTON, MARTIN F. HOCKEY, JR.,
ELIZABETH MARIE HOSFORD; JONATHAN KRISCH, Y. KEN
LEE, Office of General Counsel, United States Department
of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC.
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Before DYK, REYNA, and HUGHES, Circuit Judges.
HUGHES, Circuit Judge.
William Sheppard argues that the Court of Appeals for
Veterans Claims misinterpreted 38 C.F.R. § 20.101(d)
(2018) (since amended and renumbered to 38 C.F.R.
§ 20.104(c)). We dismiss for lack of jurisdiction because the
Veterans Court determined in the alternative that any er-
ror is harmless, and we do not have jurisdiction to review
the Veterans Court’s harmless-error determination. Con-
way v. Principi, 353 F.3d 1369, 1375 (Fed. Cir. 2004); 38
U.S.C. § 7292(d)(2).
DISMISSED
No costs.