NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.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