Opinion
2017-1763
06-06-2018
JOHN S. KOOPMANS, Claimant-Appellant v. PETER O'ROURKE, ACTING SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent-Appellee
KENNETH M. CARPENTER, Law Offices of Carpenter Chartered, Topeka, KS, argued for claimant-appellant. MARTIN F. HOCKEY, JR., Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also represented by CHAD A. READLER, ROBERT E. KIRSCHMAN, JR., WILLIAM JAMES GRIMALDI; Y. KEN LEE, MARTIE ADELMAN, Office of General Counsel, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC.
NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential. Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 15-4277, Senior Judge Alan G. Lance, Sr.
JUDGMENT
KENNETH M. CARPENTER, Law Offices of Carpenter Chartered, Topeka, KS, argued for claimant-appellant. MARTIN F. HOCKEY, JR., Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also represented by CHAD A. READLER, ROBERT E. KIRSCHMAN, JR., WILLIAM JAMES GRIMALDI; Y. KEN LEE, MARTIE ADELMAN, Office of General Counsel, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC. THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED:
PER CURIAM (WALLACH, SCHALL, and TARANTO, Circuit Judges).
AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.
ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT June 6, 2018
Date
/s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
Peter R. Marksteiner
Clerk of Court