Opinion
No. 2010-7012.
October 18, 2010.
Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in Case No. 07-2309, Chief Judge, William P. Greene, Jr.
Kenneth M. Carpenter, Carpenter, Chartered, of Topeka, KS, argued for claimant-appellant.
Scott D. Austin, Senior 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. Davidson, Director, and Martin F. Hockey Jr., Assistant Director. Of counsel on the brief were David J. Barrans, Deputy Assistant General Counsel, and Dana Raffaelli, Attorney, Office of the General Counsel, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, of Washington, DC.
NEWMAN, LOURIE, and BRYSON, Circuit Judges.
JUDGMENT
THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is
ORDERED and ADJUDGED:
AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.