       NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.


  United States Court of Appeals
      for the Federal Circuit
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                 RONALD L. EVANS,
                  Claimant-Appellant

                           v.

     ROBERT A. MCDONALD, SECRETARY OF
            VETERANS AFFAIRS,
               Respondent-Appellee
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                      2015-7055
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   Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for
Veterans Claims in No. 11-2917, Judge Alan G. Lance, Sr.
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                     JUDGMENT
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    SANDRA E. BOOTH, Columbus, OH, argued for claim-
ant-appellant.

    MARTIN F. HOCKEY, JR., Commercial Litigation
Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of
Justice, Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee.
Also represented by BENJAMIN C. MIZER, ROBERT E.
KIRSCHMAN, JR.; MARTIE ADELMAN, Y. KEN LEE, 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 (TARANTO, SCHALL, and CHEN, Circuit
Judges).
           AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

                      ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT


March 14, 2016                /s/ Daniel E. O’Toole
   Date                       Daniel E. O’Toole
                              Clerk of Court
