NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

LARRY A. BRUCE, Claimant-Appellant,

v.

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

2013-7146 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 11-1911, Judge Lawrence B. Hagel. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

SAMANTHA J. KATZE, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, of New York, New York, argued for claimant-appellant. With her on the brief was ANDREW L. MORRISON.

ALLISON KIDD-MILLER, Senior Trial Counsel, Com- mercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. With her on the brief were STUART F. DELERY, Assistant Attorney General, ROBERT E. KIRSCHMAN, JR., Director, and MARTIN F. HOCKEY, JR., Assistant Director. Of counsel on the brief were DAVID J. BARRANS, Acting Assistant General Counsel, and MARTIE ADELMAN, Attorney, United States Department of Veter- ans Affairs, of Washington, DC. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (LOURIE, DYK, and REYNA, Circuit Judg- es). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

December 5, 2014 /s/ Daniel E. O’Toole Date Daniel E. O’Toole Clerk of Court