NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.
United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
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THOMAS P. CHOTTA,
Claimant-Appellant,
v.
ERIC K. SHINSEKI, SECRETARY OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS,
Respondent-Appellee.
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2009-7135
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Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for
Veterans Claims in 08-11267, Judge Alan G. Lance, Sr.
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JUDGMENT
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KENNETH M. CARPENTER, Carpenter, Chartered, of
Topeka, Kansas, argued for claimant-appellant.
STEVEN M. MAGER, Trial Attorney, 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 KIRK T. MANHARDT, Assistant Director. Of
counsel on the brief were MICHAEL J. TIMINSKI, Deputy
Assistant General Counsel, United States Department of
Veterans Affairs, of Washington, DC, and RACHAEL T.
SHENKMAN, Attorney.
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THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is
ORDERED and ADJUDGED:
PER CURIAM (NEWMAN, BRYSON, and GAJARSA, Circuit
Judges).
AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.
ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT
April 20, 2011 /s/ Jan Horbaly
Date Jan Horbaly
Clerk
Chotta v. Dept. Of Veterans Affairs
Combined Opinion