Court Opinion

ID: 4158532
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2017-04-06 16:01:18.95559+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:23:07.643824
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NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

  United States Court of Appeals
      for the Federal Circuit
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               KEITH M. ACKERSON,
                 Claimant-Appellant

                           v.

 DAVID J. SHULKIN, SECRETARY OF VETERANS
                   AFFAIRS,
              Respondent-Appellee
             ______________________

                      2016-1486
                ______________________

   Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for
Veterans Claims in No. 14-571, Judge Robert N. Davis.
                ______________________

                     JUDGMENT
                ______________________

   KENNETH M. CARPENTER, Law Offices of Carpenter
Chartered, Topeka, KS, argued for claimant-appellant.

    KRISTIN MCGRORY, Commercial Litigation Branch,
Civil Division, United States Department of Justice,
Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also
represented by BENJAMIN C. MIZER, ROBERT E.
KIRSCHMAN, JR., MARTIN F. HOCKEY, JR.; Y. KEN LEE,
BRYAN THOMPSON, Office of General Counsel, United
States Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC.
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THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

   PER CURIAM (MOORE, CLEVENGER, and CHEN, Circuit
Judges).
           AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

                      ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

April 6, 2017                 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
   Date                       Peter R. Marksteiner
                               Clerk of Court