Opinion
No. 2007-7160.
July 11, 2008.
On Appeal from United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, No. 05-0670, Lawrence B. Hagel, Judge.
Kenneth M. Carpenter, Carpenter, Chartered, of Topeka, Kansas, argued for claimant-appellant.
Michael N. O'Connell, 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 Jeffrey S. Bucholtz, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Jeanne E. Davidson, Director, and Martin F. Hockey, Jr., Assistant Director. Of counsel on the brief were Michael J. Timinski, Deputy Assistant General Counsel, and Christopher P. McNamee, Staff Attorney, Office of the General Counsel, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, of Washington, DC.
Before LOURIE, Circuit Judge, CLEVENGER, Senior Circuit Judge, and MOORE, Circuit Judge.
Judgment
This CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED:
AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.