NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

SAMUEL E. HILL, III, Claimant-Appellant,

v.

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

2011-7016 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in 08-2601, Chief Judge William P. Greene, Jr. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

SEAN A. RAVIN, of Washington, DC, argued for claimant-appellant.

STACEY K. GRIGSBY, 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, KIRK T. MANHARDT, Assistant Director, and RENEE A. GERBER, Trail Attorney. Of counsel on the brief were MICHAEL J. TIMINSKI, Deputy Assistant General Counsel, and DANA RAFFAELLI, Attorney, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, of Washington, DC. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (NEWMAN, PROST, and REYNA, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

October 15, 2012 /s/ Jan Horbaly Date Jan Horbaly Clerk