NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

MARCUS D. TURNER, Claimant-Appellant

v.

ROBERT WILKIE, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent-Appellee ______________________

2018-2370 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 17-1276, Judge Coral Wong Pi- etsch. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

LAURA PFLUGFELDER, The Veterans Law Group, La Jolla, CA, argued for claimant-appellant. Also represented by MARK RYAN LIPPMAN.

SEAN LYNDEN KING, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Wash- ington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also repre- sented by JOSEPH H. HUNT, MARTIN F. HOCKEY, JR., ROBERT EDWARD KIRSCHMAN, JR.; CHRISTOPHER O. ADELOYE, BRIAN D. GRIFFIN, 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 (NEWMAN, LOURIE, and TARANTO, Cir- cuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

October 11, 2019 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court