NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.
United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
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JOSEPH M. FERN,
Claimant-Appellant,
v.
ROBERT A. MCDONALD,
Secretary of Veterans Affairs,
Respondent-Appellee.
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2013-7129
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Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for
Veterans Claims in No. 11-3253, Chief Judge Bruce E.
Kasold.
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JUDGMENT
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KENNETH M. CARPENTER, Carpenter, Chartered, of
Topeka, Kansas, argued for claimant-appellant.
ERIC P. BRUSKIN, Trial Attorney, Commercial Litiga-
tion Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of
Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for respondent-
appellee. With him on the brief were STUART F. DELERY,
Assistant Attorney General, ROBERT E. KIRSCHMAN, JR.,
Director, and MARTIN F. HOCKEY, JR., Assistant Director.
Of counsel on the brief was DAVID J. BARRANS, Deputy
Assistant General Counsel, United States Department of
Veterans Affairs, of Washington, DC. Of counsel was
JOSHUA MAYER, Attorney.
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THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is
ORDERED and ADJUDGED:
PER CURIAM (MOORE, O’MALLEY, and REYNA, Circuit
Judges).
AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.
ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT
October 14, 2014 /s/ Daniel E. O’Toole
Date Daniel E. O’Toole
Clerk of Court