       NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.


  United States Court of Appeals
      for the Federal Circuit
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               LEROY O. WILLIAMS,
                 Claimant-Appellant

                           v.

   PETER O’ROURKE, ACTING SECRETARY OF
            VETERANS AFFAIRS,
              Respondent-Appellee
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                      2017-2186
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   Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for
Veterans Claims in No. 16-1126, Chief Judge Robert N.
Davis.
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                     JUDGMENT
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    JONATHAN BRYAN KELLY, Jonathan Kelly & Associ-
ates, Raleigh, NC, argued for claimant-appellant.

    AGATHA KOPROWSKI, Commercial Litigation Branch,
Civil Division, United States Department of Justice,
Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also
represented by CHAD A. READLER, ROBERT E. KIRSCHMAN,
JR., MARTIN F. HOCKEY, JR.; BRIAN D. GRIFFIN, CHRISTINA
LYNN GREGG, 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, CHEN, and HUGHES, Circuit
Judges).
           AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

                      ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT


 June 7, 2018             /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
   Date                   Peter R. Marksteiner
                          Clerk of Court
