NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ JACK LEON CLARKE, Claimant-Appellant v. DAVID J. SHULKIN, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent-Appellee ______________________ 2016-2420 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 14-2699, Senior Judge Bruce E.

Kasold. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ REBECCA HARKER DUTTRY, McDermott, Will & Emery LLP, Washington, DC, argued for claimant-appellant.

Also represented by JOSHUA DAVID ROGACZEWSKI.

NATHANAEL YALE, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civ- il Division, United States Department of Justice, Wash- ington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also represented by CHAD A. READLER, ROBERT E. KIRSCHMAN, JR., MARTIN F. HOCKEY, JR.; SAMANTHA ANN SYVERSON, Y.

KEN LEE, Office of General Counsel, United States De- partment of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (LOURIE, TARANTO, and CHEN, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

June 12, 2017 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court