NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

PHILLIP ANDRE, Claimant-Appellant,

v.

ERIC K. SHINSEKI, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent-Appellee. ____________________

2010-7074 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 07-1109, Judge William P. Greene, Jr. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

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

ALLISON KIDD-MILLER, Senior Trial Counsel, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. With her 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 Y. KEN LEE, Attorney, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, of Washington, DC. Of counsel was JAMIE L. MUELLER, Attorney, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, of Washington, DC. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (RADER, Chief Judge, MOORE and O’MALLEY, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

March 8, 2011 /s/ Jan Horbaly Date Jan Horbaly Clerk