NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.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