NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

STEVEN E. BROWN, Claimant-Appellant

v.

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

2017-1006 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 15-0280, Senior Judge Alan G. Lance, Sr. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

KENNETH M. CARPENTER, Law Offices of Carpenter Chartered, Topeka, KS, argued for claimant-appellant.

ADAM E. LYONS, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washing- ton, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also represent- ed by CHAD A. READLER, ROBERT E. KIRSCHMAN, JR., ELIZABETH M. HOSFORD; BRIAN D. GRIFFIN, JONATHAN KRISCH, 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 (PROST, Chief Judge, MOORE and REYNA, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

December 13, 2017 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court