NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

ROBERT J. SOVIS, Claimant-Appellant

v.

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

2015-7078 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 14-258, Chief Judge Bruce E. Kasold. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

KATHERINE A. HELM, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, LLP, New York, NY, argued for claimant-appellant. Also represented by FRANCIS JOHN ACOTT.

SHARI A. ROSE, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washing- ton, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also represented by ALLISON KIDD-MILLER, ROBERT E. KIRSCHMAN, JR., BENJAMIN C. MIZER; Y. KEN LEE, MARTIN JAMES SENDEK, 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 (NEWMAN, SCHALL, and CHEN, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

April 21, 2016 /s/ Daniel E. O’Toole Date Daniel E. O’Toole Clerk of Court