NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

LEO JOE COOPER, JR., Claimant-Appellant

v.

ROBERT A. MCDONALD, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent-Appellee ______________________

2014-7106 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 13-2048, Judge Mary J. Schoelen. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

KENNETH M. CARPENTER, Law Offices of Carpenter Chartered, Topeka, KS, argued for claimant-appellant.

LOREN MISHA PREHEIM, 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.; Y. KEN LEE, AMANDA R. BLACKMON, Office of General Counsel, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (PROST, Chief Judge, NEWMAN and WALLACH, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

July 15, 2015 /s/ Daniel E. O’Toole Date Daniel E. O’Toole Clerk of Court