NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ JAMES L. ZOTTARELLA, Claimant-Appellant v. ROBERT WILKIE, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent-Appellee ______________________ 2018-1283 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 16-469, Senior Judge Kenneth B.

Kramer. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ KENNETH DOJAQUEZ, BNTD Law, Columbia, SC, ar- gued for claimant-appellant.

AGATHA KOPROWSKI, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also represented by TARA K. HOGAN, ROBERT EDWARD KIRSCHMAN, JR., CHAD A. READLER; MEGHAN ALPHONSO, BRIAN D. GRIFFIN, 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, LOURIE, and STOLL, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

October 16, 2018 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court