       NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.


United States Court of Appeals
    for the Federal Circuit
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               ANDREW SHERFIELD,
                 Claimant-Appellant,

                           v.

 ERIC K. SHINSEKI, SECRETARY OF VETERANS
                   AFFAIRS,
              Respondent-Appellee.
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                      2011-7052
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   Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for
Veterans Claims in No. 08-3516, Judge William P.
Greene, Jr.
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                     JUDGMENT
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   KENNETH M. CARPENTER, Carpenter, Chartered, of
Topeka, Kansas, argued for claimant-appellant.

    MICHAEL P. GOODMAN, Trial Attorney, Commercial
Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States
Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for
respondent-appellee. On the brief were TONY WEST,
Assistant Attorney General, JEANNE E. DAVIDSON,
Director, and LAUREN A. WEEMAN, Trial Attorney. Of
counsel on the brief were MICHAEL J. TIMINSKI, Deputy
Assistant General Counsel, and MICHAEL G. DAUGHERTY,
Attorney.
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THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

   PER CURIAM (PROST, O’MALLEY, and REYNA, Circuit
Judges).

           AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

                      ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT


 January 12, 2012               /s/ Jan Horbaly
     Date                          Jan Horbaly
                                    Clerk
