       NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.


  United States Court of Appeals
      for the Federal Circuit
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               GORDON R. NADOLNI,
                 Claimant-Appellant

                           v.

   ROBERT WILKIE, ACTING SECRETARY OF
           VETERANS AFFAIRS,
            Respondent-Appellee
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                      2017-2196
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   Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for
Veterans Claims in No. 15-3459, Senior Judge Alan G.
Lance, Sr.
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                     JUDGMENT
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    PETER J. SEBEKOS, Niagara Falls, NY, argued for
claimant-appellant.

    MARGARET JANTZEN, Commercial Litigation Branch,
Civil Division, United States Department of Justice,
Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also
represented by CHAD A. READLER, ROBERT E. KIRSCHMAN,
JR., MARTIN F. HOCKEY, JR.; Y. KEN LEE, ANDREW J.
STEINBERG, Office of General Counsel, United States
Department of Veterans Affairs.
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THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:



   PER CURIAM (NEWMAN, LOURIE, and REYNA, Circuit
Judges).
           AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

                      ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT


May 11, 2018                    /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
   Date                        Peter R. Marksteiner
                               Clerk of Court
