       NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.


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

                           v.

 ERIC K. SHINSEKI, SECRETARY OF VETERANS
                   AFFAIRS,
              Respondent-Appellee.
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                      2011-7084
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   Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for
Veterans Claims in No. 08-897, Judge Alan G. Lance, Sr.
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                     JUDGMENT
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    AARON J. CAPRON, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow,
Garrett & Dunner, LLP, of Palo Alto, California, argued
for claimant-appellant. With him on the brief were ERIK
R. PUKNYS; and RONALD L. SMITH, of Washington, DC.

    MELISSA M. DEVINE, Trial Attorney, Commercial
Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States
Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for
respondent-appellee. With her on the brief were TONY
WEST, Assistant Attorney General, JEANNE E. DAVIDSON,
Director, and KIRK T. MANHARDT, Assistant Director. Of
counsel on the brief were MARTIN J. SENDEK and MICHAEL
J. TIMINSKI, Attorneys, United States Department of
Veterans Affairs, of Washington, DC.
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THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

   PER CURIAM (LINN, DYK, and REYNA, Circuit Judges).

           AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

                      ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT


    March 13, 2012           /s/ Jan Horbaly
         Date                   Jan Horbaly
                                    Clerk
