       NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.


  United States Court of Appeals
      for the Federal Circuit
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                LLOYD J. PHILLIPS,
                 Claimant-Appellant,

                           v.

             ROBERT A. MCDONALD,
             Secretary of Veterans Affairs,
                 Respondent-Appellee.
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                      2014-7022
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   Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for
Veterans Claims in No. 12-1373, Judge William A. Moor-
man.
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                     JUDGMENT
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     J. MYERS MORTON, Morton & Morton, PLLC, of Knox-
ville, Tennessee, argued for claimant-appellant.

    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 DELERY,
Assistant Attorney General, ROBERT E. KIRSCHMAN, JR.,
Director, and CLAUDIA BURKE, Assistant Director. Of
counsel on the brief were DAVID J. BARRANS, Deputy
Assistant General Counsel, and AMANDA R. BLACKMON,
Staff Attorney, United States Department of Veterans
Affairs, of Washington, DC.
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THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:



   PER CURIAM (TARANTO, BRYSON, and CHEN, Circuit
Judges).
           AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

                      ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT


  November 10, 2014               /s/ Daniel E. O’Toole
      Date                        Daniel E. O’Toole
                                  Clerk of Court
