NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

CARL V. LAMB, Claimant-Appellant,

v.

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

2014-7060 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 12-1501, Judge Alan G. Lance Sr. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

KENNETH M. CARPENTER, Carpenter, Chartered, of Topeka, Kansas, argued for claimant-appellant.

JAMES SWEET, Trial Attorney, Commercial Litigation 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 MARTIN F. HOCKEY, JR., Assistant Director. Of counsel on the brief Y. KEN LEE, Deputy Assistant General Counsel, and MEGHAN D. ALPHONSO, Staff 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 (PROST, Chief Judge, O’MALLEY and TARANTO, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

January 9, 2015 /s/ Daniel E. O’Toole Date Daniel E. O’Toole Clerk of Court