NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

ARMANDO DIAZ, Claimant-Appellant

v.

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

2017-1693 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 15-2710, Judge William S. Green- berg. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

CHRIS ATTIG, Attig Steel, PLLC, Little Rock, AR, ar- gued for claimant-appellant.

AMELIA LISTER-SOBOTKIN, 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, JONATHAN KRISCH, SAMANTHA ANN SYVERSON, 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 (PROST, Chief Judge, NEWMAN and REYNA, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

June 19, 2018 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court