       NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.


  United States Court of Appeals
      for the Federal Circuit
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                 ROSCOE BONNER,
                  Claimant-Appellant

                           v.

  ROBERT D. SNYDER, ACTING SECRETARY OF
            VETERANS AFFAIRS,
              Respondent-Appellee
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                      2016-1589
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   Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for
Veterans Claims in No. 13-3000, Judge William A. Moor-
man.
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                     JUDGMENT
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    PHILIP SHENG, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, Menlo
Park, CA, argued for claimant-appellant. Also represent-
ed by ANDREW YAPHE.

    IGOR HELMAN, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil
Division, United States Department of Justice, Washing-
ton, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also represented
by BENJAMIN C. MIZER, ROBERT E. KIRSCHMAN, JR.,
MARTIN F. HOCKEY, JR.; SAMANTHA ANN SYVERSON, 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 (LOURIE, MOORE, and TARANTO, Circuit
Judges).
           AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

                      ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT


 February 8, 2017               /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
      Date                      Peter R. Marksteiner
                                Clerk of Court
