NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

BOBBY J. HINKLE, Claimant-Appellant,

v.

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

2014-7053 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 12-3032, Judge William A. Moor- man. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

ROBERT C. BROWN, JR., Tommy Klepper & Associates, of Norman, Oklahoma, argued for claimant-appellant.

MICHAEL SNYDER, Trial Attorney, Commercial Litiga- tion 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 CLAUDIA BURKE, Assistant Director. Of counsel on the brief were DAVID J. BARRANS, Deputy Assistant General Counsel and RACHAEL T. BRANT, Attor- ney, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, of Washington, DC. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (DYK, PLAGER, and MOORE, Circuit Judg- es). 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