NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

RICHARD B. HIME, Claimant-Appellant

v.

DAVID J. SHULKIN, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent-Appellee ______________________

2016-2123 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 14-3215, Judge Alan G. Lance Sr., Judge Coral Wong Pietsch, Judge Margaret C. Bartley. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

SANDRA WALDORF WISCHOW, Goodman Allen Donnelly PLLC, Glen Allen, VA, argued for claimant-appellant. Also represented by ERIN ELIZABETH RALSTON.

ADAM E. LYONS, 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., L. MISHA PREHEIM; AMANDA BLACKMON, Y. KEN LEE, Office of General Counsel, De- partment of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (PROST, Chief Judge, CLEVENGER and REYNA, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

March 20, 2017 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court