NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.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