NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

ANTONIO PAREDES, Claimant-Appellant

v.

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

2015-7026 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 13-2017, Judge Lawrence B. Hagel. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

MATTHEW J. ILACQUA, Chisholm Chisholm & Kilpat- rick, Providence, RI, argued for claimant-appellant. Also represented by ZACHARY STOLZ, ROBERT VINCENT CHISHOLM; BARBARA J. COOK, Cincinnati, OH; CHRISTOPHER J. CLAY, Disabled American Veterans, Cold Spring, KY.

EMMA BOND, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Di- vision, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also represented by BENJAMIN C. MIZER, ROBERT E. KIRSCHMAN, JR., SCOTT D. AUSTIN, K. ELIZABETH WITWER; Y. KEN LEE, MEGHAN ALPHONSO, 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 (LOURIE, DYK, and HUGHES, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

January 8, 2016 /s/ Daniel E. O’Toole Date Daniel E. O’Toole Clerk of Court