NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit _____________________

MICHAEL SINDRAM, Claimant-Appellant,

v.

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

____________________

2011-7075 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in no. 08-3676, Judge Lawrence B. Hagel. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

KATHERINE A. HELM, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, LLP, of New York, New York, argued for claimant-appellant.

SCOTT D. AUSTIN, Trial Attorney, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. On the brief were TONY WEST, Assistant Attorney General, JEANNE E. DAVIDSON, Director, MARTIN F. HOCKEY, JR., Assistant Director, and NELSON R. RICHARDS, Trial Attorney. Of counsel on the brief were F. JOHN BRIZZI, JR., Deputy Assistant General Counsel, and MICHELLE D. BERNSTEIN, Attorney, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, of Washington, DC. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (LOURIE, MOORE, and WALLACH, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

March 7, 2012 /s/ Jan Horbaly Date Jan Horbaly Clerk