James P. Mullins v. Robert Wilkie, Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs

N OTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.
United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
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JAMES P. MULLINS,
Claimant-Appellant
v.
ROBERT WILKIE, ACTING SECRETARY OF
VETERANS AFFAIRS,
Respondent-Appellee
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2017-1325
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Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for
Veterans Claims in No. 15-440, Senior Judge Lawrence B.
Hagel.
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JUDGMENT
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K ENNETH M. CARPENTER , Law Offices of Carpenter
Chartered, Topeka, KS, argued for claimant-appellant.
RETA EMMA BEZAK, Commercial Litigation Branch,
Civil Division, United States Department of Justice,
Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also
represented by CHAD A. READLER , ROBERT E. K IRSCHMAN,
J R., MARTIN F. HOCKEY , J R.; BRIAN D. G RIFFIN, D EREK

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SCADDEN, Office of General Counsel, United States De-
partment of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC.
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T HIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is
O RDERED and A DJUDGED:
P ER CURIAM (D YK, O’MALLEY , and WALLACH , Circuit
Judges).
AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.
ENTERED BY O RDER OF THE COURT
May 4, 2018 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
Date Peter R. Marksteiner
Clerk of Court

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