Opinion
2012-7137
05-17-2013
LEO L. MIKITAROFF, Claimant-Appellant, v. Erick K. Shinseki, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent-Appellee.
JAMES R. BARNEY, Finnegan, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, of Washington, DC, argued for claimant-appellant. On the brief was MARK R. LIPPMAN, The Veterans Law Group, of La Jolla, California. ALEX P. HONTOS, 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 STUART F. DELERY, Acting Assistant Attorney General, JEANNE E. DAVIDSON, Director, and SCOTT D. AUSTIN, Assistant Director. Of counsel on the brief wereDAVID J. BARRANS, Deputy Assistant General Counsel, and BRIAN D. GRIFFIN, 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NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.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. 10-2970, Judge William A. Moorman.
JUDGMENT
JAMES R. BARNEY, Finnegan, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, of Washington, DC, argued for claimant-appellant. On the brief was MARK R. LIPPMAN, The Veterans Law Group, of La Jolla, California.
ALEX P. HONTOS, 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 STUART F. DELERY, Acting Assistant Attorney General, JEANNE E. DAVIDSON, Director, and SCOTT D. AUSTIN, Assistant Director. Of counsel on the brief wereDAVID J. BARRANS, Deputy Assistant General Counsel, and BRIAN D. GRIFFIN, Attorney, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, of Washington, DC. THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED: PER CURIAM (MOORE, BRYSON, and LINN, Circuit Judges).
AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.
ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT
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Jan Horbaly
Clerk