       NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.


  United States Court of Appeals
      for the Federal Circuit
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                  ROBERT J. SOVIS,
                  Claimant-Appellant

                           v.

     ROBERT A. MCDONALD, SECRETARY OF
            VETERANS AFFAIRS,
               Respondent-Appellee
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                      2015-7078
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   Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for
Veterans Claims in No. 14-258, Chief Judge Bruce E.
Kasold.
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                     JUDGMENT
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    KATHERINE A. HELM, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett,
LLP, New York, NY, argued for claimant-appellant. Also
represented by FRANCIS JOHN ACOTT.

    SHARI A. ROSE, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil
Division, United States Department of Justice, Washing-
ton, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also represented
by ALLISON KIDD-MILLER, ROBERT E. KIRSCHMAN, JR.,
BENJAMIN C. MIZER; Y. KEN LEE, MARTIN JAMES SENDEK,
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 (NEWMAN, SCHALL, and CHEN, Circuit
Judges).
           AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

                      ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT


April 21, 2016                    /s/ Daniel E. O’Toole
     Date                         Daniel E. O’Toole
                                  Clerk of Court
