
    Hal M. GARDNER, Sr., Claimant-Appellant, v. R. James NICHOLSON, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Respondent-Appellee.
    No. 2006-7320.
    United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.
    Sept. 29, 2006.
   ORDER

The parties having so agreed, it is

ORDERED that the proceeding is DISMISSED under Fed. R. App. P. 42(b).  