NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

JOHN S. MURPHY, Claimant-Appellant,

v.

SLOAN D. GIBSON, Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Respondent-Appellee. ______________________

2014-7035 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 12-880, Judge Mary J. Schoelen. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

MAXWELL D. KINMAN, Alexander Webb & Kinman, of Mason, Ohio, argued for claimant-appellant.

JAMES SWEET, Trial Attorney, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for respondent- appellee. With him on the brief were STUART F. DELERY, Assistant Attorney General, ROBERT E. KIRSCHMAN, JR., Director, and MARTIN F. HOCKEY, JR., Assistant Director. Of counsel on the brief were MICHAEL J. TIMINSKI, Deputy Assistant General Counsel, and DAVID BARRANS, Staff Attorney, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, of Washington, DC. Of counsel were MARTIE S. ADELMAN and JOSHUA P. MAYER, Attorneys. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

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

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

July 15, 2014 /s/ Daniel E. O’Toole Date Daniel E. O’Toole Clerk of Court