NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

KEITH D. SNYDER, Claimant-Appellant

v.

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

2015-7012 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 13-840, Judge Robert N. Davis. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

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

STEVEN J. GILLINGHAM, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also represented by BENJAMIN C. MIZER, ROBERT E. KIRSCHMAN, JR., SCOTT D. AUSTIN, DOUGLAS GLENN EDELSCHICK; BRIAN D. GRIFFIN, CHRISTA A. SHRIBER, CHRISTINA LYNN GREGG, Office of General Counsel, Unit- ed States Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (LOURIE, BRYSON, and CHEN, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

November 10, 2015 /s/ Daniel E. O’Toole Date Daniel E. O’Toole Clerk of Court