       NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.


  United States Court of Appeals
      for the Federal Circuit
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                 JORGE E. ROQUE,
                 Claimant-Appellant,

                           v.

   Eric K. Shinseki, SECRETARY OF VETERANS
                      AFFAIRS,
                 Respondent-Appellee.
               ______________________

                      2012-7091
                ______________________

   Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for
Veterans Claims in No. 10-2477, Judge Alan G. Lance Sr.
                ______________________

                     JUDGMENT
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   KENNETH M. CARPENTER, Carpenter, Chartered, of
Topeka, Kansas, argued for claimant-appellant.
    MARTIN F. HOCKEY, JR., Assistant Director, Commer-
cial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States
Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for
respondent-appellee.  On the brief were STUART F.
DELERY, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General,
JEANNE E. DAVIDSON, Director, and ALLISON KIDD-
MILLER, Senior Trial Counsel. Of counsel on the brief
were MICHAEL J. TIMINSKI, Deputy Assistant General
Counsel, and RACHAEL T. BRANT, Attorney, Office of
General Counsel, United States Department of Veterans
Affairs, of Washington, DC. Of counsel were JACOB
ALDEN SCHUNK, Trial Attorney, Commercial Litigation
Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of
Justice, of Washington, DC; and TRACEY PARKER WARREN,
Attorney, Office of General Counsel, United States De-
partment of Veterans Affairs, of Washington, DC.
                ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:


   PER CURIAM (DYK, BRYSON, and WALLACH, Circuit
Judge).

           AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

                      ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT


June 4, 2013                  /s/ Jan Horbaly
   Date                         Jan Horbaly
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