         NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.


  United States Court of Appeals
      for the Federal Circuit
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                GEORGE A. VAUGHN,
                 Claimant-Appellant

                            v.

  ROBERT WILKIE, SECRETARY OF VETERANS
                  AFFAIRS,
             Respondent-Appellee
            ______________________

                       2018-1073
                 ______________________

     Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for
Veterans Claims in No. 16-1616, Chief Judge Robert N. Da-
vis.
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                      JUDGMENT
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   KENNETH M. CARPENTER, Law Offices of Carpenter
Chartered, Topeka, KS, argued for claimant-appellant.

    ISAAC B. ROSENBERG, Commercial Litigation Branch,
Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Wash-
ington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also repre-
sented by JOSEPH H. HUNT, CLAUDIA BURKE, ROBERT
EDWARD KIRSCHMAN, JR.; CHRISTOPHER O. ADELOYE, Y.
KEN LEE, Office of General Counsel, United States Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC.
                 ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

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

                    ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT


February 8, 2019                /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
      Date                      Peter R. Marksteiner
                                Clerk of Court
