NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________

ALFRED FLORES, Claimant-Appellant

v.

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

2019-1044 ______________________

Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 17-1943, Judge Joseph L. Toth. ______________________

JUDGMENT ______________________

MEGHAN GENTILE, Veterans Legal Advocacy Group, Ar- lington, VA, argued for claimant-appellant. Also repre- sented by HAROLD HAMILTON HOFFMAN, III.

ERIC JOHN SINGLEY, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Wash- ington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also repre- sented by AMANDA TANTUM, JOSEPH H. HUNT, MARTIN F. HOCKEY, JR., ROBERT EDWARD KIRSCHMAN, JR.; MEGHAN ALPHONSO, 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 (PROST, Chief Judge, DYK and WALLACH, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

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