       NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.


  United States Court of Appeals
      for the Federal Circuit
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                 PAUL R. ROMERO,
                  Claimant-Appellant

                           v.

     ROBERT A. MCDONALD, SECRETARY OF
            VETERANS AFFAIRS,
               Respondent-Appellee
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                      2014-7131
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   Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for
Veterans Claims in No. 13-1001, Chief Judge Bruce E.
Kasold.
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                     JUDGMENT
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   KENNETH M. CARPENTER, Law offices of Carpenter
Chartered, Topeka, KS, argued for claimant-appellant.

    SHARI A. ROSE, 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.; Y. KEN LEE, MARTIE S. ADELMAN,
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 (PROST, Chief Judge, MOORE and STOLL,
Circuit Judges).
           AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

                      ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT


September 15, 2015                /s/ Daniel E. O’Toole
      Date                        Daniel E. O’Toole
                                  Clerk of Court
