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Parties Involved:
Robert A. McDonald
Appellee
Robert J. Sovis
Appellant

Document Text:

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals 

for the Federal Circuit ______________________ 

ROBERT J. SOVIS,

Claimant-Appellant

v.

ROBERT A. MCDONALD, SECRETARY OF 

VETERANS AFFAIRS,

Respondent-Appellee

______________________ 

2015-7078

______________________ 

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, 

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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 /s/ Daniel E. O’Toole

 Date Daniel E. O’Toole 

 Clerk of Court

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