Billie D. McDonald v. ERIC K. SHINSEKI, Secretary of Veterans Affairs

N OTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.
United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
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BILLIE D. MCDONALD,
Claimant-Appellant,
v.
ERIC K. SHINSEKI, Secretary of Veterans Affairs,
Defendant-Appellee.
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2013-7068
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Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for
Veterans Claims in No. 11-1697, Judge William A. Moor-
man.
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JUDGMENT
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K ENNETH M. CARPENTER , Carpenter, Chartered, of
Topeka, Kansas, argued for claimant-appellant.
J AMES SWEET , Trial Attorney, Civil Division, United
States Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued
for defendant-appellee. With him on the brief were
STUART F. D ELERY , Assistant Attorney General, J EANNE
E. D AVIDSON, Director, and MARTIN F. H OCKEY , J R., Assis-
tant Director. Of counsel on the brief were MICHAEL J.
T IMINSKI, Deputy Assistant General Counsel, and

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AMANDA BLACKMON, Staff Attorney, United States De-
partment of Veterans Affairs, of Washington, DC. Of
counsel was SAVANNAH HUGHES C ONNALLY , Attorney,
United States Department of Veterans Affairs, of Wash-
ington, DC.
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T HIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is
O RDERED and A DJUDGED:
P ER CURIAM (RADER, Chief Judge, P ROST , and CHEN,
Circuit Judges).
AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.
ENTERED BY O RDER OF THE COURT
January 9, 2014 /s/ Daniel E. O’Toole
Date Daniel E. O’Toole
Clerk of Court

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