NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

LAWRENCE A. KOKENGE, Claimant-Appellant,

v.

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

2013-7088 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 11-2770, Judge Alan G. Lance, Sr. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

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

TARA K. HOGAN, Senior Trial Counsel, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Depart- ment of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for respond- ent-appellee. With her on the brief were STUART F. DELERY, Assistant Attorney General, BRYANT G. SNEE, Acting Director, and SCOTT D. AUSTIN, Assistant Director. Of counsel on the brief was MICHAEL J. TIMINSKI, Deputy Assistant General Counsel, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, of Washington, DC. Of counsel was ANNA ELAZAN, Attorney. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

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

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

April 17, 2014 /s/ Daniel E. O’Toole Date Daniel E. O’Toole Clerk of Court