NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ PAUL Y. BECHTEL, Claimant-Appellant, v. ERIC K. SHINSEKI, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent-Appellee. ______________________ 2012-7060 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 10-2146, Judge Robert N. Davis. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ KENNETH M. CARPENTER, Carpenter, Chartered, of Topeka, Kansas, argued for claimant-appellant.

MICHAEL GOODMAN, Trial Attorney, Commercial Liti- gation 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, MARTIN F. HOCKEY, JR., Assistant Director. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED: PER CURIAM (NEWMAN, O’MALLEY, and WALLACH, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

February 20, 2013 /s/ Jan Horbaly Date Jan Horbaly Clerk