       NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.


United States Court of Appeals
    for the Federal Circuit
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               ROBERT M. JONES, JR.,
                 Claimant-Appellant,

                           v.

 ERIC K. SHINSEKI, SECRETARY OF VETERANS
                   AFFAIRS,
              Respondent-Appellee.
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                      2011-7050
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   Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for
Veterans Claims in Case No. 09-0249, Judge William A.
Moorman.
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                     JUDGMENT
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   VIRGINIA A. GIRARD-BRADY, ABS Legal Advocates,
P.A., of Lawrence, Kansas, argued for claimant-appellant.

    AMANDA L. TANTUM, 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 on the brief were DAVID J. BARRANS, Deputy
Assistant General Counsel, and MICHAEL G. DAUGHERTY,
Attorney.
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THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

   PER CURIAM (NEWMAN, PLAGER, and BRYSON, Circuit
Judges).

           AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

                      ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT


December 13, 2011              /s/ Jan Horbaly
     Date                         Jan Horbaly
                                      Clerk
