NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

ADAM A. SHIRK, Claimant-Appellant

v.

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

2017-1831 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 15-3079, Senior Judge Alan G. Lance, Sr. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

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

JANA MOSES, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washing- ton, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also represent- ed by MOLLIE LENORE FINNAN, ALLISON KIDD-MILLER, ROBERT EDWARD KIRSCHMAN, JR., CHAD A. READLER; CHRISTOPHER O. ADELOYE, Y. KEN LEE, 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, SCHALL, and WALLACH, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

July 11, 2018 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court