NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ JOHN T. KING, Claimant-Appellant v. ROBERT A. MCDONALD, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent-Appellee ______________________ 2014-7087 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 12-949, Judge Alan G. Lance Sr., Judge Lawrence B. Hagel, Judge Margaret C. Bartley. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ KARL A. KAZMIERCZAK, Kazmierczak & Kazmierczak, LLP, Oakland, NJ, argued for claimant-appellant.

DOMENIQUE GRACE KIRCHNER, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee.

Also represented by JOYCE R. BRANDA, ROBERT E.

KIRSCHMAN, JR., MARTIN F. HOCKEY, JR.; DAVID J.

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

PER CURIAM (WALLACH, TARANTO, and CHEN, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

April 8, 2015 /s/ Daniel E. O’Toole Date Daniel E. O’Toole Clerk of Court