NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.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