NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

JERRY M. WILLS, Claimant-Appellant,

v.

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

2013-7058 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 11-2533, Judge William A. Moor- man. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

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

DOMENIQUE KIRCHNER, 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, Assistant Attorney General, JEANNE E. DAVIDSON, Direc- tor, SCOTT D. AUSTIN, Assistant Director, and ALEX P. HONTOS, Trial Attorney. Of counsel on the brief were DAVID J. BARRANS, Deputy Assistant General Counsel, and JOSHUA P. MAYER, Attorney, United States Depart- ment of Veterans Affairs, of Washington, DC. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (O’MALLEY, REYNA, and WALLACH, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

February 10, 2014 /s/ Daniel E. O’Toole Date Daniel E. O’Toole Clerk of Court