       NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.


  United States Court of Appeals
      for the Federal Circuit
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              MICHAEL MANIGAULT,
                Claimant-Appellant

                           v.

 DAVID J. SHULKIN, SECRETARY OF VETERANS
                   AFFAIRS,
              Respondent-Appellee
             ______________________

                      2016-1851
                ______________________

   Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for
Veterans Claims in No. 14-3208, Judge Robert N. Davis.
                ______________________

                     JUDGMENT
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    ZACHARY STOLZ, Chisholm Chisholm & Kilpatrick,
Providence, RI, argued for claimant-appellant. Also
represented by ROBERT VINCENT CHISHOLM, JENNA
ZELLMER.

    AMANDA TANTUM, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civ-
il Division, United States Department of Justice, Wash-
ington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also
represented by BENJAMIN C. MIZER, ROBERT E.
KIRSCHMAN, JR., MARTIN F. HOCKEY, JR.; Y. KEN LEE,
BRYAN THOMPSON, Office of General Counsel, United
States Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC.
               ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:



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

                      ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT


  April 6, 2017               /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
       Date                   Peter R. Marksteiner
                              Clerk of Court
