Opinion
No. 2009-7023.
November 10, 2009.
Appealed from United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, No. 07-0086, Bruce E. Kasold, Judge.
Kenneth M. Carpenter, Carpenter, Chartered, of Topeka, KS, argued for claimant-appellant.
Claudia Burke, 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 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 Jamie L. Mueller, Attorney, Office of the General Counsel, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, of Washington, DC.
Before MAYER, PROST, and MOORE, Circuit Judges.
Judgment
This CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is
ORDERED and ADJUDGED:
AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.