NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

GORDON R. NADOLNI, Claimant-Appellant

v.

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

2017-2196 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 15-3459, Senior Judge Alan G. Lance, Sr. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

PETER J. SEBEKOS, Niagara Falls, NY, argued for claimant-appellant.

MARGARET JANTZEN, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also represented by CHAD A. READLER, ROBERT E. KIRSCHMAN, JR., MARTIN F. HOCKEY, JR.; Y. KEN LEE, ANDREW J. STEINBERG, Office of General Counsel, United States Department of Veterans Affairs. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (NEWMAN, LOURIE, and REYNA, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

May 11, 2018 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court