NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ KIM P. BLYTHE, Claimant-Appellant v. ROBERT WILKIE, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent-Appellee ______________________ 2018-1764 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 17-0869, Judge Amanda L. Mere- dith. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ MARK RYAN LIPPMAN, The Veterans Law Group, La Jolla, CA, argued for claimant-appellant.

ALEXANDER ORLANDO CANIZARES, Commercial Litiga- tion Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee.

Also represented by ROBERT EDWARD KIRSCHMAN, JR., LOREN MISHA PREHEIM, JOSEPH H. HUNT; 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 (PROST, Chief Judge, NEWMAN and TARANTO, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

February 7, 2019 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court