NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.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