       NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.


  United States Court of Appeals
      for the Federal Circuit
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                ANTONIO PAREDES,
                 Claimant-Appellant

                           v.

     ROBERT A. MCDONALD, SECRETARY OF
            VETERANS AFFAIRS,
               Respondent-Appellee
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                      2015-7026
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   Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for
Veterans Claims in No. 13-2017, Judge Lawrence B.
Hagel.
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                     JUDGMENT
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    MATTHEW J. ILACQUA, Chisholm Chisholm & Kilpat-
rick, Providence, RI, argued for claimant-appellant. Also
represented by ZACHARY STOLZ, ROBERT VINCENT
CHISHOLM; BARBARA J. COOK, Cincinnati, OH;
CHRISTOPHER J. CLAY, Disabled American Veterans, Cold
Spring, KY.

    EMMA BOND, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Di-
vision, United States Department of Justice, Washington,
DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also represented by
BENJAMIN C. MIZER, ROBERT E. KIRSCHMAN, JR., SCOTT D.
AUSTIN, K. ELIZABETH WITWER; Y. KEN LEE, MEGHAN
ALPHONSO, 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 (LOURIE, DYK, and HUGHES, Circuit
Judges).
           AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

                      ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT


January 8, 2016               /s/ Daniel E. O’Toole
     Date                     Daniel E. O’Toole
                              Clerk of Court
