NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.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