       NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.


United States Court of Appeals
    for the Federal Circuit
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                ROBERT J. LATSCH,
                 Claimant-Appellant,

                           v.

 ERIC K. SHINSEKI, Secretary of Veterans Affairs,
              Respondent-Appellee.
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                      2010-7042
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      Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for
Veterans Claims in case no. 08-1484, Judge Lawrence B.
Hagel.

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                     JUDGMENT
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   MICHAEL P. PASQUALE, McCarter & English, LLP, of
Newark, New Jersey, argued for claimant-appellant.

    Tara K. Hogan, Trial Attorney, Commercial Litigation
Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of
Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for respondent-
appellee.   With her on the brief were TONY WEST,
Assistant Attorney General, JEANNE E. DAVIDSON,
Director, and MARTIN F. HOCKEY, JR., Assistant Director.
Of counsel was ROBERT C. BIGLER, Trial Attorney. Of
counsel on the brief were MICHAEL J. TIMINSKI, Deputy
Assistant General Counsel, and CHRISTA A. SHRIBER,
Attorney, Office of the General Counsel, 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 (GAJARSA, LINN, and Prost, Circuit
Judges).
         AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.


                      ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT


October 7, 2010       _/s/ Jan Horbaly
Date                       Jan Horbaly
                             Clerk
