       NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.


  United States Court of Appeals
      for the Federal Circuit
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               LEO JOE COOPER, JR.,
                 Claimant-Appellant

                           v.

     ROBERT A. MCDONALD, SECRETARY OF
            VETERANS AFFAIRS,
               Respondent-Appellee
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                      2014-7106
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   Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for
Veterans Claims in No. 13-2048, Judge Mary J. Schoelen.
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                     JUDGMENT
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   KENNETH M. CARPENTER, Law Offices of Carpenter
Chartered, Topeka, KS, argued for claimant-appellant.

    LOREN MISHA PREHEIM, Commercial Litigation
Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of
Justice, Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee.
Also represented by JOYCE R. BRANDA, ROBERT E.
KIRSCHMAN, JR., MARTIN F. HOCKEY, JR.; Y. KEN LEE,
AMANDA R. BLACKMON, Office of General Counsel, United
States Department 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, NEWMAN and
WALLACH, Circuit Judges).
           AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

                      ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT


 July 15, 2015                    /s/ Daniel E. O’Toole
   Date                           Daniel E. O’Toole
                                  Clerk of Court
