Crista V. Benner 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N OTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.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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CRISTA V. BENNER,
Claimant-Appellant,
v.
ERIC K. SHINSEKI, Secretary of Veterans Affairs,
Respondent-Appellee.
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2013-7098
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Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for
Veterans Claims in No. 11-2331, Judge Lawrence B.
Hagel.
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JUDGMENT
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K ENNETH M. CARPENTER , Carpenter, Chartered, of
Topeka, Kansas, argued for claimant-appellant.
ELIZABETH A. SPECK, Trial Attorney, Commercial Liti-
gation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department
of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for respondent-
appellee. With her on the brief were S TUART F. D ELERY ,
Assistant Attorney General, BRYANT G. SNEE, Acting
Director, MARTIN F. HOCKEY , J R., Assistant Director, and
J AMES SWEET , Trial Attorney. Of counsel on the brief

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were D AVID J. BARRANS , Deputy Assistant General Coun-
sel, and AMANDA BLACKMON, Staff Attorney, 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 (MOORE, O’MALLEY , and CHEN, Circuit
Judges).
AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.
ENTERED BY O RDER OF THE COURT
May 14, 2014 /s/ Daniel E. O’Toole
Date Daniel E. O’Toole
Clerk of Court

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