       NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.


  United States Court of Appeals
      for the Federal Circuit
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               JACK LEON CLARKE,
                 Claimant-Appellant

                           v.

 DAVID J. SHULKIN, SECRETARY OF VETERANS
                   AFFAIRS,
              Respondent-Appellee
             ______________________

                      2016-2420
                ______________________

   Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for
Veterans Claims in No. 14-2699, Senior Judge Bruce E.
Kasold.
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                     JUDGMENT
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    REBECCA HARKER DUTTRY, McDermott, Will & Emery
LLP, Washington, DC, argued for claimant-appellant.
Also represented by JOSHUA DAVID ROGACZEWSKI.

    NATHANAEL YALE, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civ-
il Division, United States Department of Justice, Wash-
ington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also
represented by CHAD A. READLER, ROBERT E. KIRSCHMAN,
JR., MARTIN F. HOCKEY, JR.; SAMANTHA ANN SYVERSON, Y.
KEN LEE, Office of General Counsel, United States De-
partment of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC.
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THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:



   PER CURIAM (LOURIE, TARANTO, and CHEN, Circuit
Judges).
           AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

                      ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT


 June 12, 2017                /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
     Date                     Peter R. Marksteiner
                              Clerk of Court
