       NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.


  United States Court of Appeals
      for the Federal Circuit
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     FREDDIE BUTTS, MARVIN O. JOHNSON,
              Claimants-Appellees

                           v.

   ROBERT WILKIE, ACTING SECRETARY OF
           VETERANS AFFAIRS,
            Respondent-Appellant
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                 2017-1058, 2017-1509
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   Appeals from the United States Court of Appeals for
Veterans Claims in Nos. 10-1785, 14-3019, Senior Judge
Lawrence B. Hagel, Chief Judge Robert N. Davis.
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                     JUDGMENT
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   ZACHARY STOLZ, Chisholm Chisholm & Kilpatrick,
Providence, RI, argued for claimant-appellee Freddie
Butts.   Also represented by MEGAN MARIE ELLIS,
JENNA ZELLMER; BARBARA J. COOK, Cincinnati, OH.

   KENNETH M. CARPENTER, Law Offices of Carpenter
Chartered, Topeka, KS, argued for claimant-appellee
Marvin O. Johnson.
    AMANDA TANTUM, Commercial Litigation Branch,
Civil Division, United States Department of Justice,
Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellant. Also
represented by CHAD A. READLER, ROBERT E. KIRSCHMAN,
JR., L. MISHA PREHEIM; Y. KEN LEE, 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, WALLACH, and CHEN, Circuit
Judges).
           AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

                      ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT


May 7, 2018                   /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
  Date                        Peter R. Marksteiner
                              Clerk of Court
