NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.
United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
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FRANK S. SMITH,
Claimant-Appellant,
v.
ERIC K. SHINSEKI, Secretary of Veterans Affairs,
Respondent-Appellee.
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2013-7078
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Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for
Veterans Claims in No. 11-2714, Chief Judge Bruce E.
Kasold.
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JUDGMENT
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TRAVIS JAMES WEST, Solheim Billing & Grimmer,
S.C., of Madison, Wisconsin, argued for claimant-
appellant.
WILLIAM J. GRIMALDI, Trial Attorney, Commercial Lit-
igation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department
of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for respondent-
appellee. On the brief were STUART F. DELERY, Assistant
Attorney General, JEANNE E. DAVIDSON, Director, SCOTT
D. AUSTIN, Assistant Director, and ERIC P. BRUSKIN, Trial
Attorney. Of counsel on the brief were DAVID J. BARRANS,
Deputy Assistant General Counsel, and MARTIE
ADELMAN, Attorney, United States Department of Veter-
ans Affairs, of Washington, DC.
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THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is
ORDERED and ADJUDGED:
PER CURIAM (O’MALLEY, WALLACH, and TARANTO, Circuit
Judges).
AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.
ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT
December 12, 2013 /s/ Daniel E. O’Toole
Date Daniel E. O’Toole
Clerk of Court