       NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.


  United States Court of Appeals
      for the Federal Circuit
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                HARRY J. JOHNSON,
                 Claimant-Appellant,

                           v.

 ERIC K. SHINSEKI, Secretary of Veterans Affairs,
              Respondent-Appellee.
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                      2013-7091
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   Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for
Veterans Claims in No. 12-1164, Chief Judge Bruce E.
Kasold.
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                     JUDGMENT
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    ZACHARY M. STOLZ, Chisholm Chisholm & Kilpatrick,
Ltd., of Providence, Rhode Island, argued for claimant–
appellant. With him on the brief was THOMAS R. BENDER.
Of counsel on the brief was CHRISTOPHER J. CLAY, Disa-
bled American Veterans, of Cold Spring, Kentucky. Of
counsel was ROBERT V. CHISHOLM, Chisholm Chisholm &
Kilpatrick, ltd., of Providence, Rhode, Island.

    MICHAEL P. GOODMAN, Trial Attorney, Commercial
Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Depart-
ment of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for respond-
ent-appellee. With him on the brief were STUART F.
DELERY, Assistant Attorney General, BRYANT G. SNEE,
Acting Director, and SCOTT D. AUSTIN, Assistant Director.
Of counsel on the brief were DAVID J. BARRANS, Deputy
Assistant General Counsel, and CHRISTINA L. GREGG,
Attorney, United States Department of Veterans Affairs,
of Washington, DC. Of counsel was LARA EILHARDT,
Attorney.
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THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:



   PER CURIAM (RADER, Chief Judge, BRYSON, and
HUGHES, Circuit Judges).
           AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

                      ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT


March 13, 2014                    /s/ Daniel E. O’Toole
      Date                        Daniel E. O’Toole
                                  Clerk of Court
