NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ PAUL R. ROMERO, Claimant-Appellant v. ROBERT A. MCDONALD, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent-Appellee ______________________ 2014-7131 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 13-1001, Chief Judge Bruce E.

Kasold. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ KENNETH M. CARPENTER, Law offices of Carpenter Chartered, Topeka, KS, argued for claimant-appellant.

SHARI A. ROSE, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washing- ton, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also represented by BENJAMIN C. MIZER, ROBERT E. KIRSCHMAN, JR., MARTIN F. HOCKEY, JR.; Y. KEN LEE, MARTIE S. ADELMAN, 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, MOORE and STOLL, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

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