Opinion
2013-7146
12-05-2014
LARRY A. BRUCE, Claimant-Appellant, v. ROBERT A. MCDONALD, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Respondent-Appellee.
Samantha J. Katze, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, of New York, New York, argued for claimant-appellant. With her on the brief was Andrew L. Morrison. Allison Kidd-Miller, Senior Trial Counsel, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. With her on the brief were Stuart F. Delery, Assistant Attorney General, Robert E. KIRSCHMAN, Jr., Director, and MARTIN F. HOckey, Jr., Assistant Director. Of counsel on the brief were D AVID J. Barrans, Acting Assistant General Counsel, and Martie A DELMAN, 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NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.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 No. 11-1911, Judge Lawrence B. Hagel.
JUDGMENT
SAMANTHA J. KATZE, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, of New York, New York, argued for claimant-appellant. With her on the brief was ANDREW L. MORRISON. ALLISON KIDD-MILLER, Senior Trial Counsel, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. With her on the brief were STUART F. DELERY, Assistant Attorney General, ROBERT E. KIRSCHMAN, JR., Director, and MARTIN F. HOCKEY, JR., Assistant Director. Of counsel on the brief were DAVID J. BARRANS, Acting Assistant General Counsel, and MARTIE ADELMAN, Attorney, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, of Washington, DC. THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED: PER CURIAM (LOURIE, DYK, and REYNA, Circuit Judges).
AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.
ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT December 5, 2014
Date
/s/ Daniel E. O'Toole
Daniel E. O'Toole
Clerk of Court