NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

CATHERINE CORNELL, Claimant-Appellant

v.

ROBERT WILKIE, ACTING SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent-Appellee ______________________

2017-1770 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 15-3191, Chief Judge Robert N. Davis, Senior Judge Bruce E. Kasold, Senior Judge Alan G. Lance, Sr. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

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

TARA K. HOGAN, 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., L. MISHA PREHEIM; CHRISTA A. SHRIBER, JONATHAN ELLIOTT TAYLOR, 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, HUGHES and STOLL, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

April 6, 2018 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court