NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.

muiteb ~tate% ~ourt of §ppeaI% for tbe jfeberaI ~ircuit JOHN L. MCDONALD, Claimant-Appellant, v. ERIC K. SHINSEKI, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent-Appellee.

2011-7078

Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in case no. 08-2258, Judge William A.

Moorman.

ON MOTION

ORDER John L. McDonald moves without opposition to with- draw his appeal.

Upon consideration thereof, IT Is ORDERED THAT: (1) The motion is granted. The appeal is dismissed.

MCDONALD v. DVA 2 (2) Each side shall bear its own costs.

FOR THE COURT

DEC 152011 lsI Jan Horbaly Date Jan Horbaly Clerk cc: Kenneth M. Carpenter, Esq.

Meredyth Cohen Havasy, Esq: s21 Issued As A Mandate: DEC 15 2011 FILED u. COURT or: APPEALS FOR THE FEOERAl CIRcurr GEe 152011 JANHORSAlY ClERK