NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ RICHARD E. FRY, Claimant-Appellant v. ROBERT WILKIE, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent-Appellee ______________________ 2018-1546 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 16-3575, Judge Michael P. Allen. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ TRAVIS JAMES WEST, West & Dunn, Waunakee, WI, ar- gued for claimant-appellant.

JANA MOSES, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Di- vision, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also represented by ROBERT EDWARD KIRSCHMAN, JR., JOSEPH H. HUNT; Y. KEN LEE, ANDREW J. STEINBERG, Office of General Counsel, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Washing- ton, DC. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED: PER CURIAM (DYK, WALLACH, and CHEN, Circuit Judges).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

February 12, 2019 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court