*1 N OTE : This disposition is nonprecedential. United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ TOMMY E. CRAWFORD, Claimant-Appellant v.

ROBERT A. MCDONALD, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Respondent-Appellee ______________________ 2016-1681 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 14-3920, Judge Mary J. Schoelen.

______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ M AXWELL D OUGLAS K INMAN , Alexander, Webb, and Kinman, Mason, OH, argued for claimant-appellant.

J AMES R. S WEET , Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, Washing- ton, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also represent- ed by B ENJAMIN C. M IZER , R OBERT E. K IRSCHMAN , J R ., S COTT D. A USTIN ; Y. K EN L EE , J ONATHAN K RISCH , Office of General Counsel, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC.

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T HIS C AUSE having been heard and considered, it is O RDERED and A DJUDGED :

P ER C URIAM (D YK , B RYSON , and R EYNA , Circuit Judg- es ).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36. E NTERED BY O RDER OF THE C OURT December 8, 2016 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner

Clerk of Court