Allen W. HICKS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Dr. Elisabeth SMALL, M.D., Defendant-Appellee

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• holding that district courts lack jurisdiction to hear challenges to benefits determinations, even if those challenges are framed as tort law claims
• refusing to grant a Bivens remedy for constitutional state tort violations because Congress set up an elaborate remedial structure through the VJRA
• affirming a district court’s dismissal of plaintiff’s tort claims because determination of plaintiff’s tort claims “would necessitate a ‘consideration of issues of law and fact involving the decision to reduce [plaintiff’s] benefits’”
• refusing to allow a Bivens action due to the VJRA's comprehensive, remedial structure
• declining to extend Bivens to a veteran’s First Amendment retaliation claim
• dismissal for failure to state a claim under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6)

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