        NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.


  United States Court of Appeals
      for the Federal Circuit
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            JOSE L. ARRIBAS-RIVERA,
                Claimant-Appellant

                          v.

   PETER O'ROURKE, ACTING SECRETARY OF
            VETERANS AFFAIRS,
              Respondent-Appellee
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                     2017-1830
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   Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for
Veterans Claims in No. 15-4083, Senior Judge Bruce E.
Kasold.
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                    JUDGMENT
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   KENNETH M. CARPENTER, Law Offices of Carpenter
Chartered, Topeka, KS, argued for claimant-appellant.

    ISAAC B. ROSENBERG, Commercial Litigation Branch,
Civil Division, United States Department of Justice,
Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also
represented by CLAUDIA BURKE, ROBERT EDWARD
KIRSCHMAN, JR., CHAD A. READLER; AMANDA BLACKMON,
Y. KEN LEE, 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 (MOORE, O’MALLEY, and WALLACH,
Circuit Judges).
             AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

                    ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT



    July 10, 2018               /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
        Date                    Peter R. Marksteiner
                                Clerk of Court
