  United States Court of Appeals
      for the Federal Circuit
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                WILLIAM GRONER,
                 Claimant-Appellant,

                          v.

   Eric K. Shinseki, SECRETARY OF VETERANS
                     AFFAIRS,
                 Respondent-Appellee.
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                      2012-7072
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   Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for
Veterans Claims in No. 10-1280, Judge Robert N. Davis.
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                     JUDGMENT
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   KENNETH M. CARPENTER, Carpenter, Chartered, of
Topeka, Kansas, argued for claimant-appellant.

    SHELLEY D. WEGER, Attorney, Commercial litigation
Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of
Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for respondent-
appellee. With her on the brief were STUART F. DELERY,
Acting Assistant Attorney General, JEANNE E. DAVIDSON,
Director, and KIRK T. MANHARDT, Assistant Director. Of
counsel on the brief were MICHAEL J. TIMINSKI, Deputy
Assistant General Counsel, and MEGHAN HERNANDEZ,
Attorney, 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 (NEWMAN, DYK, and PROST, Circuit
Judges).

           AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

                      ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT


 April 1, 2013                    /s/ Jan Horbaly
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