       NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.


  United States Court of Appeals
      for the Federal Circuit
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          WASHINGTON G. RUFFIN, JR.,
               Claimant-Appellant

                           v.

 DAVID J. SHULKIN, SECRETARY OF VETERANS
                   AFFAIRS,
              Respondent-Appellee
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                      2016-2401
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   Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for
Veterans Claims in No. 14-3370, Judge Mary J. Schoelen.
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                     JUDGMENT
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   LYNN K. NEUNER, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, LLP,
New York, NY, argued for claimant-appellant.

    DOUGLAS GLENN EDELSCHICK, Commercial Litigation
Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of
Justice, Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee.
Also represented by CHAD A. READLER, ROBERT E.
KIRSCHMAN, JR., MARTIN F. HOCKEY, JR.; BRIAN D.
GRIFFIN, DEREK SCADDEN, 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 (NEWMAN, CLEVENGER, and CHEN, Circuit
Judges).
           AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

                       ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT


October 13, 2017                /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
     Date                       Peter R. Marksteiner
                                Clerk of Court
