       NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.


  United States Court of Appeals
      for the Federal Circuit
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                GARFIELD J. LADD,
                 Claimant-Appellant,

                           v.

 ERIC K. SHINSEKI, Secretary of Veterans Affairs,
              Respondent-Appellee.
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                      2013-7079
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   Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for
Veterans Claims in No. 09-4787, Judge Robert N. Davis.
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                     JUDGMENT
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    ZACHARY M. STOLZ, Chisholm Chisholm & Kilpatrick,
Ltd., of Providence, Rhode Island, argued for claimant-
appellant. With him on the brief was THOMAS R. BENDER.
Of counsel was ROBERT V. CHISHOLM.

    L. MISHA PREHEIM, Senior Trial Counsel, Commercial
Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Depart-
ment of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for respond-
ent-appellee. With him on the brief were STUART F.
DELERY, Assistant Attorney General, BRYANT G. SNEE,
Acting Director, and MARTIN F. HOCKEY, JR., Assistant
Director. Of counsel on the brief were DAVID J. BARRANS,
Deputy Assistant General Counsel, and MEGHAN D.
ALPHONSO, Attorney, United States Department of Veter-
ans Affairs, of Washington, DC.
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THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:



   PER CURIAM (DYK, PROST, and O’MALLEY, Circuit
Judges).
           AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

                      ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT


February 12, 2014                 /s/ Daniel E. O’Toole
      Date                        Daniel E. O’Toole
                                  Clerk of Court
