NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.
United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
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KAREN S. MCDOWELL,
Claimant-Appellant,
v.
ERIC K. SHINSEKI, Secretary of Veterans Affairs,
Respondent-Appellee.
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2010-7044
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Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for
Veterans Claims in No. 07-1419, Judge Mary J. Schoelen.
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JUDGMENT
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DOUGLAS J. ROSINSKI, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash,
Smoak & Stewart, P.C., of Columbia, South Carolina,
argued for claimant-appellant.
MARTIN F. HOCKEY, JR., Assistant Director,
Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United
States Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued
for respondent-appellee. With him on the brief were TONY
WEST, Assistant Attorney General, JEANNE E. DAVIDSON,
Director, and MEREDYTH COHEN HAVASY, Trial Attorney.
Of counsel on the brief were DAVID J. BARRANS, Deputy
Assistant General Counsel, and MARTIE S. ADELMAN,
Attorney, Office of the General Counsel, United States
Department of Veterans Affairs, of Washington, DC.
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THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is
ORDERED and ADJUDGED:
PER CURIAM (DYK, MAYER, and MOORE, Circuit
Judges).
AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.
ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT
October 7, 2010 _/s/ Jan Horbaly
Date Jan Horbaly
Clerk