Alvin L. Hightower 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N OTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.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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ALVIN L. HIGHTOWER,
Claimant-Appellant,
v.
ERIC K. SHINSEKI, Secretary of Veterans Affairs,
Respondent-Appellee.
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2013-7025
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Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for
Veterans Claims in No. 11-1862, Chief Judge Bruce E.
Kasold.
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JUDGMENT
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K ENNETH 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. D ELERY,
Acting Assistant Attorney General, J EANNE E. D AVIDSON,
Director, and SCOTT D. AUSTIN, Assistant Director. Of
counsel on the brief were MICHAEL J. T IMINSKI, Deputy

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Assistant General Counsel, and L ARA K. EILHARDT , Attor-
ney, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, of
Washington, 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, N EWMAN , and D YK,
Circuit Judges).
AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.
ENTERED BY O RDER OF THE COURT
December 6, 2013 /s/ Daniel E. O’Toole
Date Daniel E. O’Toole
Clerk of Court

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