NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

JOSE F. ORDILLAS, Claimant-Appellant,

v.

ROBERT A. MCDONALD, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Respondent-Appellee. ______________________

2014-7012 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 11-3151, Judge Robert N. Davis. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

MARY E. CHLEBOWSKI, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, of Washington, DC, argued for claimant-appellant. With her on the brief were KATHLEEN A. DALEY and RONALD L. SMITH.

SHARI A. ROSE, Trial Attorney, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for respondent- appellee. With her on the brief were STUART F. DELERY, Acting Assistant Attorney General, ROBERT E. KIRSCHMAN, Jr., Director, and CLAUDIA BURKE, Assistant Director. Of counsel on the brief were Y. KEN LEE, Depu- ty Assistant General Counsel and LARA K. EILHARDT, Staff Attorney, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, of Washington, DC. Of counsel was MICHAEL J. TIMINSKI, Deputy General Counsel. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (PROST, Chief Judge, DYK and TARANTO, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

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