Opinion
2011-7188
06-19-2012
ALAN J. AIRINGTON, Claimant-Appellant, v. ERIC K. SHINSEKI, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent-Appellee.
THOMAS R. BENDER, Chisholm Chisholm & Kilpatrick, LLP, of Providence, Rhode Island, argued for claimant-appellant. On the brief was ZACHARY M. STOLZ. JAMES SWEET, Trial Attorney, 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. DAVIDSON, Director, and MARTIN F. HOCKEY, JR., Assistant Director. Of counsel on the brief were MICHAEL J. TIMINSKI, Deputy Assistant General Counsel, and TRACEY P. WARREN, Staff Attorney, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, of Washington, DC.
NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.
Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in Case No. 10-1246, Chief Judge Bruce E. Kasold.
JUDGMENT
THOMAS R. BENDER, Chisholm Chisholm & Kilpatrick, LLP, of Providence, Rhode Island, argued for claimant-appellant. On the brief was ZACHARY M. STOLZ.
JAMES SWEET, Trial Attorney, 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. DAVIDSON, Director, and MARTIN F. HOCKEY, JR., Assistant Director. Of counsel on the brief were MICHAEL J. TIMINSKI, Deputy Assistant General Counsel, and TRACEY P. WARREN, Staff Attorney, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, of Washington, DC. THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED:
PER CURIAM (NEWMAN, MOORE, and O'MALLEY, Circuit Judges).
AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.
ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT
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Jan Horbaly
Clerk