NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ TOMMY E. CRAWFORD, Claimant-Appellant v. ROBERT A. MCDONALD, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent-Appellee ______________________ 2016-1681 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 14-3920, Judge Mary J. Schoelen. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ MAXWELL DOUGLAS KINMAN, Alexander, Webb, and Kinman, Mason, OH, argued for claimant-appellant.

JAMES R. SWEET, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washing- ton, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also represent- ed by BENJAMIN C. MIZER, ROBERT E. KIRSCHMAN, JR., SCOTT D. AUSTIN; Y. KEN LEE, JONATHAN KRISCH, 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 (DYK, BRYSON, and REYNA, Circuit Judg- es).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

December 8, 2016 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court