NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.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