NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

PHILLIP O. BRANSON, Claimant-Appellant,

v.

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

2014-7033 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 12-2539, Judge Alan G. Lance, Sr. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

MICHAEL A. LEONARD, of Wilmington, North Carolina, argued for claimant-appellant.

JENNIFER E. LAGRANGE, Trial Attorney, 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, ROBERT E. KIRSCHMAN, JR., Director, and SCOTT D. AUSTIN, Assistant Director. Of counsel on the brief were DAVID J. BARRANS, Deputy Assistant General Counsel, United States De- partment of Veterans Affairs, of Washington, DC, and MARTIE ADELMAN, Attorney. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

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

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

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