                             UNPUBLISHED

                    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                        FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT


                             No. 98-1269



JAMES W. BRAMMER,

                                              Plaintiff - Appellant,

          versus


UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS,

                                              Defendant - Appellee.



Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western
District of Virginia, at Roanoke. James C. Turk, District Judge.
(CA-97-524-R)


Submitted:   July 2, 1998                   Decided:   July 21, 1998


Before NIEMEYER and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges, and HALL, Senior
Circuit Judge.


Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.


James W. Brammer, Appellant Pro Se. John Francis Corcoran, OFFICE
OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Roanoke, Virginia, for Appellee.


Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:

     Appellant appeals the district court’s order dismissing under

Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(1) his action challenging the Department of

Veterans Affairs’ denial of disability benefits. We have reviewed

the record and the district court’s opinion and find no reversible

error. Accordingly, we affirm on the reasoning of the district

court. Brammer v. United States Dep’t of Veterans Affairs, No. CA-

97-524-R (W.D. Va. Jan. 30, 1998). We dispense with oral argument

because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in

the materials before the court and argument would not aid the deci-

sional process.




                                                          AFFIRMED




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