       NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.


  United States Court of Appeals
      for the Federal Circuit
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PATRICIA LYNNE TOPLIFF, SUBSTITUTED FOR
           CALVIN C. TOPLIFF,
            Claimant-Appellant

                           v.

    ROBERT WILKIE, ACTING SECRETARY OF
            VETERANS AFFAIRS,
             Respondent-Appellee
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                      2017-2067
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   Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for
Veterans Claims in No. 16-1383, Chief Judge Robert N.
Davis.
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                     JUDGMENT
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    MICHAEL E. WILDHABER, Veterans Law Office of Mi-
chael E. Wildhaber, Washington, DC, argued for claim-
ant-appellant. Also represented by KATRINA J. EAGLE,
Veterans Law Office of Katrina J. Eagle, San Diego, CA.

    JOSEPH ASHMAN, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil
Division, United States Department of Justice, Washing-
ton, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also represent-
ed by CHAD A. READLER, ROBERT E. KIRSCHMAN, JR.,
CLAUDIA BURKE; Y. KEN LEE, ANDREW J. STEINBERG,
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 (DYK, CLEVENGER, and CHEN, Circuit
Judges).
           AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

                      ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT


 April 4, 2018                /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
     Date                     Peter R. Marksteiner
                              Clerk of Court
