NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ RICHARD A. CASTILE, Claimant-Appellant v. ROBERT A. MCDONALD, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent-Appellee ______________________ 2014-7051 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 12-2145, Judge William A. Moor- man. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ KENNETH M. CARPENTER, Law Offices of Carpenter Chartered, Topeka, KS, for claimant-appellant.

STEVEN MICHAEL MAGER, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for respondent-appellee. Also represented by PHYLLIS JO BAUNACH, STUART F. DELERY, ROBERT E. KIRSCHMAN, JR., CLAUDIA BURKE; DAVID J.

BARRANS, RACHAEL BRANT, Office of General Counsel, Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (NEWMAN, LOURIE, and DYK, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

February 18, 2015 /s/ Daniel E. O’Toole Date Daniel E. O’Toole Clerk of Court