
    William GRONER, Claimant-Appellant, v. Eric K. SHINSEKI, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Respondent-Appellee.
    No. 2012-7072.
    United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.
    April 1, 2013.
    
      Kenneth M. Carpenter, Carpenter, Chartered, of Topeka, KS, argued for claimant-appellant.
    Shelley D. Weger, Attorney, Commercial litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. With her on the brief were Stuart F. Delery, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Jeanne E. Davidson, Director, and Kirk T. Manhardt, Assistant Director. Of counsel on the brief were Michael J. Timinski, Deputy Assistant General Counsel, and Meghan Hernandez, Attorney, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, of Washington, DC.
    NEWMAN, DYK, and PROST, Circuit Judges.
   JUDGMENT

PER CURIAM.

This Cause having been heard and considered, it is Ordered and Adjudged:

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.  