         NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.


  United States Court of Appeals
      for the Federal Circuit
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              JAMES L. ZOTTARELLA,
                 Claimant-Appellant

                           v.

  ROBERT WILKIE, SECRETARY OF VETERANS
                  AFFAIRS,
             Respondent-Appellee
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                      2018-1283
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   Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for
Veterans Claims in No. 16-469, Senior Judge Kenneth B.
Kramer.
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                     JUDGMENT
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   KENNETH DOJAQUEZ, BNTD Law, Columbia, SC, ar-
gued for claimant-appellant.

    AGATHA KOPROWSKI, Commercial Litigation Branch,
Civil Division, United States Department of Justice,
Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also
represented by TARA K. HOGAN, ROBERT EDWARD
KIRSCHMAN, JR., CHAD A. READLER; MEGHAN ALPHONSO,
BRIAN D. GRIFFIN, 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, LOURIE, and STOLL, Circuit
Judges).
             AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

                      ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT



   October 16, 2018              /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
         Date                    Peter R. Marksteiner
                                 Clerk of Court
