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`United States Court of Appeals
`for the Federal Circuit
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`ALAN R. YOUNG,
`Claimant-Appellant
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`v.
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`DAVID J. SHULKIN, SECRETARY OF VETERANS
`AFFAIRS,
`Respondent-Appellee
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`2017-1720
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`Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for
`Veterans Claims in No. 15-4340, Judge Margaret C.
`Bartley.
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`JUDGMENT
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`MICHAEL STRAHER and MICHAEL JOHN TSIMARAS, Hox-
`ie & Associates, LLC, Millburn, NJ, argued for claimant-
`appellant. Also represented by THOMAS HOXIE.
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`IGOR HELMAN, 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.,
`CLAUDIA BURKE; Y. KEN LEE, BRANDON A. JONAS, Office of
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`General Counsel, United States Department 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 (NEWMAN, MAYER, and LOURIE, Circuit
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`Judges).
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`AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.
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` March 16, 2018 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
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` Date
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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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