Elmer L. Ayers v. Eric K. Shinseki, Secretary of Veterans Affairs

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.
United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
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ELMER L. AYERS,
Claimant-Appellant,
v.
ERIC K. SHINSEKI, SECRETARY OF VETERANS
AFFAIRS,
Respondent-Appellee.
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2011-7060
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Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for
Veterans Claims, in Case No. 08-3860, 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. On the
brief was SEAN A. R AVIN , of Washington, DC.
ERIC P. BRUSKIN , Trial Attorney, Commercial
Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States
Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for
respondent-appellee. With him on the brief were TONY
WEST, Assistant Attorney General, JEANNE E. D AVIDSON ,
Director, and FRANKLIN E. WHITE, J R., Assistant Director.
Of counsel on the brief were DAVID J. BARRANS , Deputy
Assistant General Counsel, United States Department of
Veterans Affairs, of Washington, DC.
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THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is
O RDERED and ADJUDGED :
PER CURIAM (NEWMAN , PROST, and R EYNA, Circuit
Judges).
AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.
ENTERED BY O RDER OF THE COURT
October 15, 2012 /s/ Jan Horbaly
Date Jan Horbaly
Clerk

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