NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

DORIS E. POOLE, Claimant-Appellant

v.

ROBERT WILKIE, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent-Appellee ______________________

2017-1840 ______________________

Appeals from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 16-3079, Judge Mary J. Schoelen, Judge Coral Wong Pietsch, Judge William S. Greenberg. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

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

IGOR HELMAN, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washing- ton, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also represent- ed by KRISTIN MCGRORY, ELIZABETH MARIE HOSFORD, ROBERT EDWARD KIRSCHMAN, JR., CHAD A. READLER; BRIAN D. GRIFFIN, BRYAN THOMPSON, 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 (NEWMAN, LINN, and DYK, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

October 3, 2018 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court