       NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.


  United States Court of Appeals
      for the Federal Circuit
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                NYLE T. SPORTS, JR.,
                  Claimant-Appellant

                            v.

  ROBERT WILKIE, SECRETARY OF VETERANS
                  AFFAIRS,
             Respondent-Appellee
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                       2019-1220
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    Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for
Veterans Claims in No. 17-3135, Judge Amanda L. Mere-
dith.
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                      JUDGMENT
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   ALEX P. HONTOS, Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Minneapolis,
MN, argued for claimant-appellant. Also represented by
EVAN JAMES LIVERMORE, LAUREN OLIVIA ROSO.

    ERIC LAUFGRABEN, Commercial Litigation Branch,
Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Wash-
ington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also repre-
sented by WILLIAM JAMES GRIMALDI, JOSEPH H. HUNT,
ROBERT EDWARD KIRSCHMAN, JR., LOREN MISHA PREHEIM;
MARTIE ADELMAN, BRIAN D. GRIFFIN, 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, TARANTO, and CHEN, Circuit
Judges).
             AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

                    ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT



 November 6, 2019                /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
     Date                        Peter R. Marksteiner
                                 Clerk of Court
