       NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.


  United States Court of Appeals
      for the Federal Circuit
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                  KIM P. BLYTHE,
                  Claimant-Appellant

                           v.

  ROBERT WILKIE, SECRETARY OF VETERANS
                  AFFAIRS,
             Respondent-Appellee
            ______________________

                      2018-1764
                ______________________

    Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for
Veterans Claims in No. 17-0869, Judge Amanda L. Mere-
dith.
                ______________________

                     JUDGMENT
                ______________________

    MARK RYAN LIPPMAN, The Veterans Law Group, La
Jolla, CA, argued for claimant-appellant.

    ALEXANDER ORLANDO CANIZARES, Commercial Litiga-
tion Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of
Justice, Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee.
Also represented by ROBERT EDWARD KIRSCHMAN, JR.,
LOREN MISHA PREHEIM, JOSEPH H. HUNT; CHRISTOPHER O.
ADELOYE, Y. KEN LEE, Office of General Counsel, United
States Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC.
               ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

    PER CURIAM (PROST, Chief Judge, NEWMAN and
TARANTO, Circuit Judges).
           AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

                    ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT



February 7, 2019               /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
      Date                     Peter R. Marksteiner
                               Clerk of Court
