       NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.


  United States Court of Appeals
      for the Federal Circuit
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                STEVEN E. BROWN,
                 Claimant-Appellant

                           v.

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

                      2017-1006
                ______________________

   Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for
Veterans Claims in No. 15-0280, Senior Judge Alan G.
Lance, Sr.
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                     JUDGMENT
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   KENNETH M. CARPENTER, Law Offices of Carpenter
Chartered, Topeka, KS, argued for claimant-appellant.

    ADAM E. LYONS, 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.,
ELIZABETH M. HOSFORD; BRIAN D. GRIFFIN, JONATHAN
KRISCH, Office of General Counsel, United States De-
partment of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC.
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THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

    PER CURIAM (PROST, Chief Judge, MOORE and REYNA,
Circuit Judges).
           AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

                      ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT


 December 13, 2017            /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
      Date                    Peter R. Marksteiner
                              Clerk of Court
