NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

BILLIE D. MCDONALD, Claimant-Appellant,

v.

ERIC K. SHINSEKI, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Defendant-Appellee. ______________________

2013-7068 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 11-1697, Judge William A. Moor- man. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

KENNETH M. CARPENTER, Carpenter, Chartered, of Topeka, Kansas, argued for claimant-appellant.

JAMES SWEET, Trial Attorney, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for defendant-appellee. With him on the brief were STUART F. DELERY, Assistant Attorney General, JEANNE E. DAVIDSON, Director, and MARTIN F. HOCKEY, JR., Assis- tant Director. Of counsel on the brief were MICHAEL J. TIMINSKI, Deputy Assistant General Counsel, and AMANDA BLACKMON, Staff Attorney, United States De- partment of Veterans Affairs, of Washington, DC. Of counsel was SAVANNAH HUGHES CONNALLY, Attorney, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, of Wash- ington, DC. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (RADER, Chief Judge, PROST, and CHEN, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

January 9, 2014 /s/ Daniel E. O’Toole Date Daniel E. O’Toole Clerk of Court