NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ PATRICIA A. MCCULLEY, Claimant-Appellant, v. Eric K. Shinseki, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent-Appellee. ______________________ 2012-7092 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 10-1362, Judge Robert N. Davis. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ JOHN B. WELLS, Law Offices of John B. Wells, of Slidell, Louisiana, argued for claimant-appellant.

ALLISON KIDD-MILLER, 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, MARTIN F. HOCKEY, JR., Assistant Director, and JAMES SWEET, Trial Attorney. Of counsel on the brief were DAVID J. BARRNES, Deputy Assistant General Coun- sel, and LARA EILHARDT, 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 (NEWMAN, CLEVENGER, and WALLACH, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

May 21, 2013 /s/ Jan Horbaly Date Jan Horbaly Clerk