NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ ANTHONY W. DEDRICK, Claimant-Appellant v. ROBERT A. MCDONALD, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent-Appellee ______________________ 2014-7082 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 13-1166, Judge William A. Moor- man. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ KENNETH M. CARPENTER, Law Offices of Carpenter Chartered, Topeka, KS, argued for claimant-appellant.

Also represented by VIRGINIA A. GIRARD-BRADY, JAMIE MARIE ATWOOD, ABS Legal Advocates, P.A., Lawrence, KS.

JANE C. DEMPSEY, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civ- il Division, United States Department of Justice, Wash- ington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also represented by JOYCE R. BRANDA, ROBERT E. KIRSCHMAN, JR., MARTIN F. HOCKEY, JR.; Y. KEN LEE, CHRISTINA LYNN GREGG, BRIAN D. GRIFFIN, 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 (NEWMAN, CLEVENGER, and O’MALLEY, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

April 17, 2015 /s/ Daniel E. O’Toole Date Daniel E. O’Toole Clerk of Court