Case: 21-1462 Document: 31 Page: 1 Filed: 11/05/2021
NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.
United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
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KATHY GARDNER-DICKSON,
Claimant-Appellant
v.
DENIS MCDONOUGH, SECRETARY OF
VETERANS AFFAIRS,
Respondent-Appellee
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2021-1462
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Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for
Veterans Claims in No. 19-4765, Judge Amanda L. Mere-
dith, Judge Joseph L. Falvey Jr., Judge William S. Green-
berg.
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JUDGMENT
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KENNETH M. CARPENTER, Law Offices of Carpenter
Chartered, Topeka, KS, argued for claimant-appellant.
REBECCA SARAH KRUSER, Commercial Litigation
Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Jus-
tice, Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee.
Also represented by BRIAN M. BOYNTON, ERIC P. BRUSKIN,
MARTIN F. HOCKEY, JR.; CHRISTOPHER O. ADELOYE, BRIAN
Case: 21-1462 Document: 31 Page: 2 Filed: 11/05/2021
D. GRIFFIN, Office of General Counsel, United States De-
partment of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC.
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THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is
ORDERED and ADJUDGED:
PER CURIAM (LOURIE, DYK, and REYNA, Circuit
Judges).
AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.
ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT
November 5, 2021 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
Date Peter R. Marksteiner
Clerk of Court