NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

THOMAS E. HOLLOWAY, Claimant-Appellant,

v.

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

2013-7084 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 11-2458, Judge Lawrence B. Hagel. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

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

STEVEN MICHAEL MAGER, 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, BRYANT SNEE, Acting Direc- tor, and SCOTT D. AUSTIN, Assistant Director. Of counsel on the brief were MICHAEL J. TIMINSKI, Deputy Assistant General Counsel, and LARA K. EILHARDT, Staff Attorney, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, of Wash- ington, DC. Of counsel was L. MISHA PREHEIM, Trial Attorney, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, of Washington, DC. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

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

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

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