
USCA1 Opinion

	




          September 27, 1993                                [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT                                 ____________________        No. 93-1246                                 ROBERT A. GAUDREAULT,                                Plaintiff, Appellant,                                          v.               UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF VETERAN AFFAIRS,                                 Defendant, Appellee.                                 ____________________                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT                          FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS                     [Hon. A. David Mazzone, U.S. District Judge]                                             ___________________                                 ____________________                                        Before                                 Breyer, Chief Judge,                                         ___________                          Selya and Boudin, Circuit Judges.                                            ______________                                 ____________________            Robert A. Gaudreault on brief pro se.            ____________________            A.  John  Pappalardo,  United  States  Attorney,  and  William  L.            ____________________                                   ___________        Parker, Assistant United States Attorney, on brief for appellee.        ______                                 ____________________                                 ____________________                      Per Curiam.   We have reviewed  the parties' briefs                      __________            and  the record  on appeal.   We  affirm essentially  for the            reasons stated in the district court's memorandum and  order,            dated February 19, 1993.                      Affirmed.  See 1st Cir. Loc. R. 27.1.                      ________   ___
