NOTE: This order is nonprecedential United States Court of AppeaIs for the FederaI Circuit REGINA R. SMITH, C'laimant-Appellant, V. _ ERIC K. SHINSEKI, SECRETARY OF VE'FERANS AFFAIRS, Resp0nclent-Appellee.

2010-7019 App_eal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans C1aims in case no. 07-1541, Judge Willia1n A.

Moor1nan.

ON MOTION Befo1‘e DYK, Circuit Judge.

0 R D E R The Secretary of Veterans Affairs moves to summarily affirm the judgment of the United States Court of Appea1s for Veterans ClaimS in Srnith v. Shin,seki, n0. 07-1541 We deem the better course is to allow the case to pro- ceed through briefing SMITH V. DVA 2 Acc0rdingly, IT ls ORnEREn THAT: The motion to summarily affirm is denied. The Seore- tary's brief is due within 40 days of the date of filing of this order.

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