NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

CRAIG A. JORDAN, Claimant-Appellant

v.

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

2015-7067 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 13-3530, Judge Mary J. Schoelen. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

ALEX P. HONTOS, Dorsey & Whitney LLP, Minneap- olis, MN, argued for claimant-appellant. Also represented by BEN DESMOND KAPPELMAN.

ALEXANDER ORLANDO CANIZARES, Commercial Litiga- tion Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for respondent-appellee. Also represented by BENJAMIN C. MIZER, ROBERT E. KIRSCHMAN, JR., CLAUDIA BURKE; DAVID J. BARRANS, AMANDA BLACKMON, CHRISTOPHER O. ADELOYE, 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, O’MALLEY and CHEN, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

June 13, 2016 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court