Joshua Evans v. Douglas A. Collins, Secretary of Veterans Affairs

N OTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.
United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
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JOSHUA EVANS,
Claimant-Appellant
v.
DOUGLAS A. COLLINS, SECRETARY OF
VETERANS AFFAIRS,
Respondent-Appellee
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2023-2356
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Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for
Veterans Claims in No. 21-1242, Judge Joseph L. Toth.
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Decided: July 25, 2025
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K ENNETH D OJAQUEZ, Carpenter Chartered, Topeka,
KS, argued for claimant-appellant.
MARTIN F. HOCKEY , J R., Commercial Litigation Branch,
Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Wash-
ington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also repre-
sented by P ATRICIA M. MCCARTHY , BRETT SHUMATE; BRIAN
D. G RIFFIN, RICHARD STEPHEN HUBER, Office of General
Counsel, United States Department of Veterans Affairs,
Washington, DC.
Case: 23-2356 Document: 55 Page: 1 Filed: 07/25/2025

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EVANS v. COLLINS 2
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Before L OURIE and P ROST , Circuit Judges, and BUMB,
Chief District Judge.1
P ER CURIAM .
Joshua Evans appeals a decision of the United States
Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (“the Veterans
Court”) affirming a decision of the Board of Veterans’ Ap-
peals (“the Board”). Evans v. McDonough, No. 21-1242,
2023 WL 3671133 (Vet. App. May 26, 2023); J.A. 19–23
(Board Decision). On appeal to this court, Evans princi-
pally argues that the Veterans Court erred in affirming the
Board’s decision that he did not implicitly raise an earlier
claim for total disability due to unemployability (“TDIU”)
under Rice v. Shinseki, 22 Vet. App. 447 (2009). We lack
jurisdiction over this issue because it involves the applica-
tion of the legal standard stated in Rice to the facts of this
case. 38 U.S.C. § 7292(d)(2) (providing that we lack juris-
diction over “a challenge to a law or regulation as applied
to the facts of a particular case”). We therefore dismiss.
DISMISSED
COSTS
No costs.
1 Honorable Renée M. Bumb, Chief Judge, United
States District Court for the District of New Jersey, sitting
by designation.
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