       NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.


United States Court of Appeals
    for the Federal Circuit
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                  DEBBIE GADASH,
                  Claimant-Appellant,

                           v.

 ERIC K. SHINSEKI, Secretary of Veterans Affairs,
              Respondent-Appellee.
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                      2011-7103
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   Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for
Veterans Claims in Case No. 09-0331, Judge Alan G.
Lance, Sr.
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                     JUDGMENT
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   KENNETH M. CARPENTER, Carpenter, Chartered, of
Topeka, Kansas, argued for claimant-appellant.

    DAWN E. GOODMAN, Attorney, Commercial Litigation
Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of
Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for respondent-
appellee.   With her on the brief were TONY WEST,
Assistant Attorney General, JEANNE E. DAVIDSON,
Director, and FRANKLIN E. WHITE, JR., Assistant Director.
Of counsel on the brief were DAVID J. BARRANS, Deputy
Assistant General Counsel, and TRACEY P. WARREN,
Attorney, United States Department of Veterans Affairs,
of Washington, DC.

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THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

   PER CURIAM (NEWMAN, REYNA, and WALLACH, Circuit
Judges).
         AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

                      ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT


March 13, 2012          /s/ Jan Horbaly
     Date                    Jan Horbaly
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