NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

JOHN S. KOOPMANS, Claimant-Appellant

v.

PETER O’ROURKE, ACTING SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent-Appellee ______________________

2017-1763 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 15-4277, Senior Judge Alan G. Lance, Sr. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

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

MARTIN F. HOCKEY, JR., 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., WILLIAM JAMES GRIMALDI; Y. KEN LEE, MARTIE ADELMAN, Office of General Counsel, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC. ______________________

THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

PER CURIAM (WALLACH, SCHALL, and TARANTO, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

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