NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ PHILIP S. BOZA, Claimant-Appellant, v. Eric K. Shinseki, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent-Appellee. ______________________ 2012-7126 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 10-3844, Judge Robert N. Davis. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ ZACHARY STOLZ, Chisholm Chisholm & Kilpatrick, of Providence, Rhode Island, argued for claimant-appellant.

On the brief was THEODORE C. JARVI, Law Offices of Theodore C. Jarvi, of Tempe, Arizona.

ELIZABETH M. HOSFORD, Trial Attorney, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Depart- ment of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for respond- ent-appellee. On the brief were STUART F. DELERY, Acting Assistant Attorney General, JEANNE E. DAVIDSON, Direc- tor, TODD HUGHES, Deputy Director. Of counsel on the brief were MICHAEL J. TIMINSKI, Deputy Assistant Gen- eral Counsel, and JOSHUA P. MAYER, Attorney, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, of Washington, DC. Of counsel was CLEVELAND KARREN, Attorney. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED: PER CURIAM (PROST, MAYER, and REYNA, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

May 13, 2013 /s/ Jan Horbaly Date Jan Horbaly Clerk