NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ LEROY O. WILLIAMS, Claimant-Appellant v. PETER O’ROURKE, ACTING SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent-Appellee ______________________ 2017-2186 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 16-1126, Chief Judge Robert N.

Davis. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ JONATHAN BRYAN KELLY, Jonathan Kelly & Associ- ates, Raleigh, NC, argued for claimant-appellant.

AGATHA KOPROWSKI, 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.; BRIAN D. GRIFFIN, CHRISTINA LYNN GREGG, 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 (MOORE, CHEN, and HUGHES, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

June 7, 2018 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court