       NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.


  United States Court of Appeals
      for the Federal Circuit
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               TIMOTHY N. SHIELDS,
                 Claimant-Appellant

                           v.

     ROBERT A. MCDONALD, SECRETARY OF
            VETERANS AFFAIRS,
               Respondent-Appellee
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                      2016-1072
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   Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for
Veterans Claims in No. 14-1704, Chief Judge Lawrence B.
Hagel.
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                     JUDGMENT
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   ROBERT PAUL WALSH, Law Office of Robert P. Walsh,
Battle Creek, MI, argued for claimant-appellant.

    MARK E. PORADA, 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., SCOTT
D. AUSTIN; Y. KEN LEE, BRANDON A. JONAS, 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 (O’MALLEY, WALLACH, and TARANTO,
Circuit Judges).
           AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

                      ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT


August 9, 2016                 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
    Date                      Peter R. Marksteiner
                              Clerk of Court
