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`United States Court of Appeals
`for the Federal Circuit
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`STEVEN E. BROWN,
`Claimant-Appellant
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`v.
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`DAVID J. SHULKIN, SECRETARY OF VETERANS
`AFFAIRS,
`Respondent-Appellee
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`2017-1006
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`Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for
`Veterans Claims in No. 15-0280, Senior Judge Alan G.
`Lance, Sr.
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`JUDGMENT
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`KENNETH M. CARPENTER, Law Offices of Carpenter
`Chartered, Topeka, KS, argued for claimant-appellant.
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`ADAM E. LYONS, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil
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`Division, United States Department of Justice, Washing-
`ton, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. Also represent-
`ed by CHAD A. READLER, ROBERT E. KIRSCHMAN, JR.,
`ELIZABETH M. HOSFORD; BRIAN D. GRIFFIN, JONATHAN
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`KRISCH, Office of General Counsel, United States De-
`partment of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC.
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`THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is
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`ORDERED and ADJUDGED:
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`PER CURIAM (PROST, Chief Judge, MOORE and REYNA,
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`Circuit Judges).
`AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.
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` December 13, 2017 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
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`Peter R. Marksteiner
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` Clerk of Court
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`ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT
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