       NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.


  United States Court of Appeals
      for the Federal Circuit
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                JOHN S. KOOPMANS,
                  Claimant-Appellant

                           v.

   PETER O’ROURKE, ACTING SECRETARY OF
            VETERANS AFFAIRS,
              Respondent-Appellee
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                      2017-1763
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   Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for
Veterans Claims in No. 15-4277, 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.

    MARTIN F. HOCKEY, JR., Commercial Litigation
Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of
Justice, Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee.
Also represented by CHAD A. READLER, ROBERT E.
KIRSCHMAN, JR., WILLIAM JAMES GRIMALDI; Y. KEN LEE,
MARTIE ADELMAN, 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 (WALLACH, SCHALL, and TARANTO, Circuit
Judges).
           AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

                      ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT


 June 6, 2018                 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
    Date                      Peter R. Marksteiner
                              Clerk of Court
