NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

ROSCOE BONNER, Claimant-Appellant

v.

ROBERT D. SNYDER, ACTING SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent-Appellee ______________________

2016-1589 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 13-3000, Judge William A. Moor- man. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

PHILIP SHENG, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, Menlo Park, CA, argued for claimant-appellant. Also represent- ed by ANDREW YAPHE.

IGOR HELMAN, 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, JR.; SAMANTHA ANN SYVERSON, BRIAN D. GRIFFIN, 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 (LOURIE, MOORE, and TARANTO, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

February 8, 2017 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court