NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.

muiteb ~tate~ QCourt of ~peaI~ for tbe jfeberaI QCircuit

AZ, Claimant-Appellant,

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

2012-7046

Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in case no. 10-2393, Judge Lawrence B. Hagel.

EDWARD FEARS, JR., Claimant-Appellant,

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

2012-7047 AZV. DVA 2

Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in case no. 09-4553, Judge Robert N. Davis.

AY, Claimant-Appellant,

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

2012-7048

Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in case no. 10-2390, Chief Judge Bruce E. Kasold.

ON MOTION

ORDER AZ, Edward Fears, Jr. and AY move without opposition to have these appeals heard together before the same merits panel. AY also moves without opposition for the court to accept the non-conforming confidential joint ap- pendix.

Upon consideration thereof,

IT Is ORDERED THAT: 3 AZV. DVA

(1) The motions to "set together" are granted to the extent that the cases will be treated as companion cases and will be argued before the same merits panel.

(2) The confidential joint-appendix is accepted for fil- ing in appeal No. 2012-7048.

FOR THE COURT

JAN 09 2013 /s/ Jan Horbaly Date Jan Horbaly Clerk

cc: Sean A. Ravin, Esq.

u.s.~U~lI~JOR Steven M. Mager, Esq. Michael S. Macko, Esq. Elizabeth M. Hosford, Esq. JAN U9 2013 s26 JAN HORBALY ClERK