NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ GEORGE A. VAUGHN, Claimant-Appellant v. ROBERT WILKIE, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent-Appellee ______________________ 2018-1073 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 16-1616, Chief Judge Robert N. Da- vis. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ KENNETH M. CARPENTER, Law Offices of Carpenter Chartered, Topeka, KS, argued for claimant-appellant.

ISAAC B. ROSENBERG, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Wash- ington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also repre- sented by JOSEPH H. HUNT, CLAUDIA BURKE, ROBERT EDWARD KIRSCHMAN, JR.; CHRISTOPHER O. ADELOYE, Y.

KEN LEE, Office of General Counsel, United States Depart- ment of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED: PER CURIAM (LOURIE, MAYER, and REYNA, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

February 8, 2019 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court