       NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.


  United States Court of Appeals
      for the Federal Circuit
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                  ALFRED FLORES,
                  Claimant-Appellant

                            v.

  ROBERT WILKIE, SECRETARY OF VETERANS
                  AFFAIRS,
             Respondent-Appellee
            ______________________

                       2019-1044
                 ______________________

   Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for
Veterans Claims in No. 17-1943, Judge Joseph L. Toth.
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                      JUDGMENT
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    MEGHAN GENTILE, Veterans Legal Advocacy Group, Ar-
lington, VA, argued for claimant-appellant. Also repre-
sented by HAROLD HAMILTON HOFFMAN, III.

    ERIC JOHN SINGLEY, Commercial Litigation Branch,
Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Wash-
ington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also repre-
sented by AMANDA TANTUM, JOSEPH H. HUNT, MARTIN F.
HOCKEY, JR., ROBERT EDWARD KIRSCHMAN, JR.; MEGHAN
ALPHONSO, BRIAN D. GRIFFIN, Office of General Counsel,
United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Washing-
ton, DC.
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THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

    PER CURIAM (PROST, Chief Judge, DYK and
WALLACH, Circuit Judges).
           AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

                    ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT



November 12, 2019                /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
     Date                        Peter R. Marksteiner
                                 Clerk of Court
