Opinion
2013-7078
12-12-2013
FRANK S. SMITH, Claimant-Appellant, v. ERIC K. SHINSEKI, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Respondent-Appellee.
TRAVIS JAMES WEST, Solheim Billing & Grimmer, S.C., of Madison, Wisconsin, argued for claimantappellant. WILLIAM J. GRIMALDI, Trial Attorney, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for respondentappellee. On the brief were STUART F. DELERY, Assistant Attorney General, JEANNE E. DAVIDSON, Director, SCOTT D. AUSTIN, Assistant Director, and ERIC P. BRUSKIN, Trial Attorney. Of counsel on the brief were DAVID J. BARRANS, Deputy Assistant General Counsel, and MARTIE ADELMAN, 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NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.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. 11-2714, Chief Judge Bruce E. Kasold.
JUDGMENT
TRAVIS JAMES WEST, Solheim Billing & Grimmer, S.C., of Madison, Wisconsin, argued for claimantappellant.
WILLIAM J. GRIMALDI, Trial Attorney, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for respondentappellee. On the brief were STUART F. DELERY, Assistant Attorney General, JEANNE E. DAVIDSON, Director, SCOTT D. AUSTIN, Assistant Director, and ERIC P. BRUSKIN, Trial Attorney. Of counsel on the brief were DAVID J. BARRANS, Deputy 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 (O'MALLEY, WALLACH, and TARANTO, Circuit Judges).
AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.
ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT
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Daniel E. O'Toole
Clerk of Court