NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ DAVID A. BOYD, Claimant-Appellant, v. ERIC K. SHINSEKI, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Respondent-Appellee.

____________________ 2012-7004 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 09-3196, Judge Alan G. Lance, Sr. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ KENNETH M. CARPENTER, Carpenter, Chartered, of Topeka, Kansas, argued for claimant-appellant.

ALEX P. HONTOS, Trial Attorney, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. With him on the brief were STUART F. DELERY, Acting 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 CHRISTA A. SHRIBER, Staff 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, DYK, and MOORE, Circuit Judges.

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

November 14, 2012 /s/ Jan Horbaly Date Jan Horbaly Clerk