NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

MICHAEL J. GARSOW, Claimant-Appellant,

v.

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

2014-7023 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 12-548, Chief Judge Bruce E. Kasold. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

NICHOLAS L. PHINNEY, Chisholm Chisholm & Kilpat- rick, Ltd., of Providence, Rhode Island, argued for claim- ant-appellant. Of counsel were ROBERT V. CHISHOLM and ZACHARY STOLZ.

AMANDA TANTUM, Trial Attorney, Commercial Litiga- tion Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for respondent- appellee. On the brief were STUART F. DELERY, Assistant Attorney General, ROBERT E. KIRSCHMAN, JR., Director, and MARTIN F. HOCKEY, JR., Assistant Director. Of coun- sel was ERIC P. BRUSKIN, Trial Attorney. Of counsel on the brief were Y. KEN LEE, Deputy Assistant General Counsel, and AMANDA R. BLACKMON, Staff Attorney, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, of Wash- ington, DC. Of counsel were MICHAEL J. TIMINSKI, Deputy Assistant General Counsel, and JOSHUA MAYER, Attorney. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (WALLACH, TARANTO, 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