NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

LLOYD J. PHILLIPS, Claimant-Appellant,

v.

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

2014-7022 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 12-1373, Judge William A. Moor- man. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

J. MYERS MORTON, Morton & Morton, PLLC, of Knox- ville, Tennessee, argued for claimant-appellant.

L. MISHA PREHEIM, Senior Trial Counsel, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Depart- ment of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for respond- ent-appellee. With him on the brief were STUART DELERY, Assistant Attorney General, ROBERT E. KIRSCHMAN, JR., Director, and CLAUDIA BURKE, Assistant Director. Of counsel on the brief were DAVID J. BARRANS, Deputy Assistant General Counsel, and AMANDA R. 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 (TARANTO, BRYSON, and CHEN, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

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