NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

JOAN C. DEBORD, Claimant-Appellant,

v.

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

2013-7124 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 11-2660, Chief Judge Bruce E. Kasold. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

BRYAN ANDERSEN, Bergmann & Moore, LLC, of Be- thesda, Maryland, argued for claimant-appellant. With him on the brief were GLENN R. BERGMANN and JONATHAN E. TAYLOR.

SARAH M. VALENTI, Trial Attorney, Commercial Liti- gation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, for respondent-appellee. With her on the brief were STUART F. DELERY, Assistant Attorney General, BRYANT G. SNEE, Acting Director, and SCOTT D. AUSTIN, Assistant Director. Of counsel on the brief were Y. KEN LEE, Deputy Assistant General Coun- sel, and CHRISTA A. SHRIBER, Attorney, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, of Washington, DC. Of counsel was MICHAEL J. TIMINSKI, Deputy Assistant General Counsel. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

November 12, 2014 /s/ Daniel E. O’Toole Date Daniel E. O’Toole Clerk of Court