       NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.


  United States Court of Appeals
      for the Federal Circuit
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                  ALAN R. YOUNG,
                  Claimant-Appellant

                           v.

 DAVID J. SHULKIN, SECRETARY OF VETERANS
                   AFFAIRS,
              Respondent-Appellee
             ______________________

                      2017-1720
                ______________________

   Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for
Veterans Claims in No. 15-4340, Judge Margaret C.
Bartley.
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                     JUDGMENT
                ______________________

    MICHAEL STRAHER and MICHAEL JOHN TSIMARAS, Hox-
ie & Associates, LLC, Millburn, NJ, argued for claimant-
appellant. Also represented by THOMAS HOXIE.

    IGOR HELMAN, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil
Division, United States Department of Justice, Washing-
ton, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also represent-
ed by CHAD A. READLER, ROBERT E. KIRSCHMAN, JR.,
CLAUDIA BURKE; Y. KEN LEE, BRANDON A. JONAS, Office of
General Counsel, United States Department of Veterans
Affairs, Washington, DC.
                 ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:



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

                      ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT


 March 16, 2018               /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
    Date                      Peter R. Marksteiner
                              Clerk of Court
