Abbs v. Peake

Opinion

NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit 2007-7160

HERBERT G. ABBS,

Claimant-Appellant,

v.

JAMES B. PEAKE, M.D., Secretary of Veterans Affairs,

Respondent-Appellee.

Kenneth M. Carpenter, Carpenter, Chartered, of Topeka, Kansas, argued for claimant-appellant.

Michael N. O’Connell, Trial Attorney, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for respondent-appellee. With him on the brief were Jeffrey S. Bucholtz, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Jeanne E. Davidson, Director, and Martin F. Hockey, Jr., Assistant Director. Of counsel on the brief were Michael J. Timinski, Deputy Assistant General Counsel, and Christopher P. McNamee, Staff Attorney, Office of the General Counsel, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, of Washington, DC.

Appealed from: United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims

Judge Lawrence B. Hagel NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit 2007-7160

Judgment

ON APPEAL from the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims

in CASE NO(S). 05-0670

This CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is

ORDERED and ADJUDGED:

Per Curiam (LOURIE, Circuit Judge, CLEVENGER, Senior Circuit Judge, and MOORE, Circuit Judge).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT

DATED July 11, 2008 /s/ Jan Horbaly Jan Horbaly, Clerk