       NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.


  United States Court of Appeals
      for the Federal Circuit
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              PRISCILLA A. MINTER,
                Claimant-Appellant

                           v.

     ROBERT A. MCDONALD, SECRETARY OF
            VETERANS AFFAIRS,
               Respondent-Appellee
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                      2015-7057
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   Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for
Veterans Claims in No. 14-647, Chief Judge Bruce E.
Kasold.
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                     JUDGMENT
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   KENNETH M. CARPENTER, Law Offices of Carpenter
Chartered, Topeka, KS, argued for claimant-appellant.

    JANA MOSES, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Di-
vision, United States Department of Justice, Washington,
DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also represented by
BENJAMIN C. MIZER, ROBERT E. KIRSCHMAN, JR., MARTIN
F. HOCKEY, JR.; TRACEY PARKER WARREN, Y. KEN LEE,
MEGHAN ALPHONSO, BRANDON A. JONAS, 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 (MOORE, TARANTO, and STOLL, Circuit
Judges).
           AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

                      ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT


February 8, 2016              /s/ Daniel E. O’Toole
     Date                     Daniel E. O’Toole
                              Clerk of Court
