NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

DAVID A. CUSTER, Claimant-Appellant

v.

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

2015-7093 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 14-2173, Judge Margaret C. Bartley. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

MAXWELL DOUGLAS KINMAN, Alexander, Webb, and Kinman, Mason, OH, argued for claimant-appellant.

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; MEGHAN ALPHONSO, Y. KEN LEE, 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, DYK and STOLL, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

March 16, 2016 /s/ Daniel E. O’Toole Date Daniel E. O’Toole Clerk of Court