Opinion
2015-7078
04-21-2016
ROBERT J. SOVIS, Claimant-Appellant v. ROBERT A. MCDONALD, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent-Appellee
KATHERINE A. HELM, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, LLP, New York, NY, argued for claimant-appellant. Also represented by FRANCIS JOHN ACOTT. SHARI A. ROSE, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also represented by ALLISON KIDD-MILLER, ROBERT E. KIRSCHMAN, JR., BENJAMIN C. MIZER; Y. KEN LEE, MARTIN JAMES SENDEK, 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NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.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. 14-258, Chief Judge Bruce E. Kasold.
JUDGMENT
KATHERINE A. HELM, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, LLP, New York, NY, argued for claimant-appellant. Also represented by FRANCIS JOHN ACOTT. SHARI A. ROSE, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also represented by ALLISON KIDD-MILLER, ROBERT E. KIRSCHMAN, JR., BENJAMIN C. MIZER; Y. KEN LEE, MARTIN JAMES SENDEK, 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 (NEWMAN, SCHALL, and CHEN, Circuit Judges).
AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.
ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT April 21, 2016
Date
/s/ Daniel E. O'Toole
Daniel E. O'Toole
Clerk of Court