Benner v. Shinseki ( 2014 )

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential. United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ CRISTA V. BENNER, Claimant-Appellant, v. ERIC K. SHINSEKI, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Respondent-Appellee. ______________________ 2013-7098 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in No. 11-2331, Judge Lawrence B. Hagel. ______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ KENNETH M. CARPENTER, Carpenter, Chartered, of Topeka, Kansas, argued for claimant-appellant. ELIZABETH A. SPECK, Trial Attorney, Commercial Liti- gation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for respondent- appellee. With her on the brief were STUART F. DELERY, Assistant Attorney General, BRYANT G. SNEE, Acting Director, MARTIN F. HOCKEY, JR., Assistant Director, and JAMES SWEET, Trial Attorney. Of counsel on the brief were DAVID J. BARRANS, Deputy Assistant General Coun- sel, and AMANDA BLACKMON, Staff Attorney, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, of Washington, DC. ______________________ THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED: PER CURIAM (MOORE, O’MALLEY, and CHEN, Circuit Judges). AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36. ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT May 14, 2014 /s/ Daniel E. O’Toole Date Daniel E. O’Toole Clerk of Court