NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

WILLIAM T. HALL, Claimant-Appellant

v.

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

2019-1675 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 18-3384, Judge Mary J. Schoelen, Judge Margaret C. Bartley, Judge Michael P. Allen. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

BARRY P. ALLEN, The Law Office of Barry P. Allen, Nashville, TN, argued for claimant-appellant.

MARTIN F. HOCKEY, JR., Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Wash- ington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also repre- sented by JOSEPH H. HUNT, ROBERT EDWARD KIRSCHMAN, JR.; MARTIE ADELMAN, BRIAN D. GRIFFIN, 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 BRYSON, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

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