NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit 2009-7114

JUAN J. PEREZ-BURGOS, Claimant-Appellant, v. ERIC K. SHINSEKI, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Respondent-Appellee.

Kenneth M. Carpenter, Carpenter, Chartered, of Topeka, Kansas, argued for claimant-appellant.

L. Misha Preheim, Trial Attorney, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for respondent- appellee. With him on the brief were Tony West, Assistant Attorney General, Jeanne E.

Davidson, Director, and Martin F. Hockey, Jr., Assistant Director. Of counsel on the brief were Michael J. Timinski, Deputy Assistant General Counsel, and Jamie L.

Mueller, Attorney, Office of the General Counsel, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, of Washington, DC.

Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims Judge Alan G. Lance, Sr. NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit 2009-7114

JUAN J. PEREZ-BURGOS, Claimant-Appellant, v. ERIC K. SHINSEKI, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Respondent-Appellee.

Judgment

ON APPEAL from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in CASE NO(S). 07-0173 This CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED: Per Curiam (MICHEL, Chief Judge, LOURIE and BRYSON, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

DATED May 4, 2010 /s/ Jan Horbaly Jan Horbaly, Clerk