Case Name: Freddie H. MATHIS, Claimant-Appellant, v. Robert A. MCDONALD, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2016-08-19
Citations: 834 F.3d 1347
Docket Number: 2015-7094
Parties: Freddie H. MATHIS, Claimant-Appellant, v. Robert A. MCDONALD, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: Before Prost, Chief Judge, Newman, Lourie, Dyk, Moore, O’Malley, Reyna, Wallach, Taranto, Chen, Hughes, and Stoll, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 3d Series
Volume: 834
Pages: 1347–1360

Head Matter:
Freddie H. MATHIS, Claimant-Appellant, v. Robert A. MCDONALD, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Respondent-Appellee.
2015-7094
United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.
August 19, 2016
Mark Ryan Lippman, The Veterans Law Group, La Jolla, CA, for Claimanb-Appel-lant.
William James Grimaldi, Department of Justice, Y. Ken Lee, Samantha Ann Syver-son, Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC, for Respondent-Appel-lee.
Linda E. Blauhut, Jennifer Ann Zajac, Paralyzed Veterans of America, Washington, DC, for Paralyzed Veterans of America, Amicus Curiae.
Kenneth M. Carpenter, Esq., Law Offices of Carpenter Chartered, Topeka, KS, for National Organization of Veterans Advocates, Inc., Amicus Curiae.
Before Prost, Chief Judge, Newman, Lourie, Dyk, Moore, O’Malley, Reyna, Wallach, Taranto, Chen, Hughes, and Stoll, Circuit Judges.
DYK, Circuit Judge, concurs in the denial of the petition for rehearing en banc.
HUGHES, Circuit Judge, with whom PROST, Chief Judge, LOURIE, O’MALLEY, TARANTO, and CHEN, Circuit Judges, join, concurs in the denial of the petition for rehearing en banc.
REYNA, Circuit Judge, with whom NEWMAN and WALLACH, Circuit Judges, join, dissents from the denial of the petition for rehearing en banc.
STOLL, Circuit Judge, with whom NEWMAN, MOORE, and WALLACH, Circuit Judges, join, dissents from the denial of the petition for rehearing en banc. ■

Opinion:
ON PETITION FOR REHEARING EN BANC
PER CURIAM.
ORDER
A petition for rehearing en banc was filed by claimant-appellant Freddie H. Mathis. A response to the petition was invited by the court and filed by the respondent-appellee Robert A. McDonald. Two motions for leave to file amici curiae briefs were also filed and granted by the court.
The petition, response, and briefs of am-ici curiae were referred to the panel that heard the appeal, and thereafter were referred to the circuit judges who are in regular active service. A poll was requested, taken, and failed.
Upon consideration thereof,
It Is OrdeRed That:
The petition for rehearing en banc is
denied.
The mandate of the court will be issued
on August 26, 2016.