NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

CRISTA V. BENNER, Claimant-Appellant,

v.

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

2013-7098 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 11-2331, Judge Lawrence B. Hagel. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

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

ELIZABETH A. SPECK, Trial Attorney, Commercial Liti- gation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for respondent- appellee. With her on the brief were STUART F. DELERY, Assistant Attorney General, BRYANT G. SNEE, Acting Director, MARTIN F. HOCKEY, JR., Assistant Director, and JAMES SWEET, Trial Attorney. Of counsel on the brief were DAVID J. BARRANS, Deputy Assistant General Coun- sel, and AMANDA BLACKMON, 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 (MOORE, O’MALLEY, and CHEN, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

May 14, 2014 /s/ Daniel E. O’Toole Date Daniel E. O’Toole Clerk of Court