NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

MARY A. ONUGHA, Claimant-Appellant

v.

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

2017-1686 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 15-2081, Senior Judge Alan G. Lance, Sr. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

MARIA ELENA STITELER, Fish & Richardson P.C., Min- neapolis, MN, argued for claimant-appellant. Also repre- sented by JOHN A. DRAGSETH.

DANIEL KENNETH GREENE, 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., L. MISHA PREHEIM; BRIAN D. GRIFFIN, 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 (DYK, O’MALLEY, and HUGHES, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

June 8, 2018 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court