*1 N OTE : This disposition is nonprecedential.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

DAVID J. SHULKIN, SECRETARY OF VETERANS

AFFAIRS, Respondent-Appellee ______________________ 2016-2420 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 14-2699, Senior Judge Bruce E.

Kasold.

______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ R EBECCA H ARKER D UTTRY , McDermott, Will & Emery LLP, Washington, DC, argued for claimant-appellant.

Also represented by J OSHUA D AVID R OGACZEWSKI .

N ATHANAEL Y ALE , Commercial Litigation Branch, Civ- il Division, United States Department of Justice, Wash- ington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also represented by C HAD A. R EADLER , R OBERT E. K IRSCHMAN , J R ., M ARTIN F. H OCKEY , J R .; S AMANTHA A NN S YVERSON , Y.

K EN L EE , Office of General Counsel, United States De- partment of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC.

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

P ER C URIAM (L OURIE , T ARANTO , and C HEN , Circuit Judges ).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36. E NTERED BY O RDER OF THE C OURT June 12, 2017 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner

Clerk of Court