NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ CEDRIC C. MITCHELL, Claimant-Appellant v. ROBERT A. MCDONALD, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent-Appellee ______________________ 2015-7084 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 13-3389, Judge Alan G. Lance, Sr. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ KENNETH M. CARPENTER, Law Offices of Carpenter Chartered, Topeka, KS, argued for claimant-appellant.

JEFFREY LOWRY, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washing- ton, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also represented by BENJAMIN C. MIZER, ROBERT E. KIRSCHMAN, JR., MARTIN F. HOCKEY; BRIAN D. GRIFFIN, MARTIN JAMES SENDEK, Office of General Counsel, United States De- partment of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED: PER CURIAM (PROST, Chief Judge, MOORE and STOLL, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

April 12, 2016 /s/ Daniel E. O’Toole Date Daniel E. O’Toole Clerk of Court