       NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.


  United States Court of Appeals
      for the Federal Circuit
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              TOMMY E. CRAWFORD,
                Claimant-Appellant

                           v.

     ROBERT A. MCDONALD, SECRETARY OF
            VETERANS AFFAIRS,
               Respondent-Appellee
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                      2016-1681
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   Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for
Veterans Claims in No. 14-3920, Judge Mary J. Schoelen.
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                     JUDGMENT
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   MAXWELL DOUGLAS KINMAN, Alexander, Webb, and
Kinman, Mason, OH, argued for claimant-appellant.

    JAMES R. SWEET, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil
Division, United States Department of Justice, Washing-
ton, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also represent-
ed by BENJAMIN C. MIZER, ROBERT E. KIRSCHMAN, JR.,
SCOTT D. AUSTIN; Y. KEN LEE, JONATHAN KRISCH, 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 (DYK, BRYSON, and REYNA, Circuit Judg-
es).
             AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

                        ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT


December 8, 2016                /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
     Date                      Peter R. Marksteiner
                               Clerk of Court
