NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.
United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
______________________
RICHARD B. HIME,
Claimant-Appellant
v.
DAVID J. SHULKIN, SECRETARY OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS,
Respondent-Appellee
______________________
2016-2123
______________________
Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for
Veterans Claims in No. 14-3215, Judge Alan G. Lance Sr.,
Judge Coral Wong Pietsch, Judge Margaret C. Bartley.
______________________
JUDGMENT
______________________
SANDRA WALDORF WISCHOW, Goodman Allen Donnelly
PLLC, Glen Allen, VA, argued for claimant-appellant.
Also represented by ERIN ELIZABETH RALSTON.
ADAM E. LYONS, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil
Division, United States Department of Justice, Washing-
ton, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also represented
by BENJAMIN C. MIZER, ROBERT E. KIRSCHMAN, JR.,
MARTIN F. HOCKEY, JR., L. MISHA PREHEIM; AMANDA
BLACKMON, Y. KEN LEE, Office of General Counsel, De-
partment of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC.
______________________
THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is
ORDERED and ADJUDGED:
PER CURIAM (PROST, Chief Judge, CLEVENGER and
REYNA, Circuit Judges).
AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.
ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT
March 20, 2017 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
Date Peter R. Marksteiner
Clerk of Court