NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.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