NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

PRISCILLA A. MINTER, Claimant-Appellant

v.

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

2015-7057 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 14-647, Chief Judge Bruce E. Kasold. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

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

JANA MOSES, 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., MARTIN F. HOCKEY, JR.; TRACEY PARKER WARREN, Y. KEN LEE, MEGHAN ALPHONSO, BRANDON A. JONAS, 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 (MOORE, TARANTO, and STOLL, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

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