Opinion
2015-7026
01-08-2016
ANTONIO PAREDES, Claimant-Appellant v. ROBERT A. MCDONALD, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent-Appellee
MATTHEW J. ILACQUA, Chisholm Chisholm & Kilpatrick, Providence, RI, argued for claimant-appellant. Also represented by ZACHARY STOLZ, ROBERT VINCENT CHISHOLM; BARBARA J. COOK, Cincinnati, OH; CHRISTOPHER J. CLAY, Disabled American Veterans, Cold Spring, KY. EMMA BOND, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also represented by BENJAMIN C. MIZER, ROBERT E. KIRSCHMAN, JR., SCOTT D. AUSTIN, K. ELIZABETH WITWER; Y. KEN LEE, MEGHAN ALPHONSO, Office of General Counsel, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC.
NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential. Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 13-2017, Judge Lawrence B. Hagel.
JUDGMENT
MATTHEW J. ILACQUA, Chisholm Chisholm & Kilpatrick, Providence, RI, argued for claimant-appellant. Also represented by ZACHARY STOLZ, ROBERT VINCENT CHISHOLM; BARBARA J. COOK, Cincinnati, OH; CHRISTOPHER J. CLAY, Disabled American Veterans, Cold Spring, KY. EMMA BOND, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also represented by BENJAMIN C. MIZER, ROBERT E. KIRSCHMAN, JR., SCOTT D. AUSTIN, K. ELIZABETH WITWER; Y. KEN LEE, MEGHAN ALPHONSO, Office of General Counsel, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC. THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED:
PER CURIAM (LOURIE, DYK, and HUGHES, Circuit Judges).
AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.
ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT January 8, 2016
Date
/s/ Daniel E. O'Toole
Daniel E. O'Toole
Clerk of Court