· 9/26/2000
Price, Gordon E. v. United States
Citations
- 228 F.3d 420
- 343 U.S. App. D.C. 302
- 2000 U.S. App. LEXIS 23739
- 2000 WL 1340564
How courts have described this case
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- holding that § 511(a) stripped jurisdiction over a veteran’s claim that the VA wrongfully denied reimbursement
- affirming § 511(a) “precludes judicial review in Article III courts of VA decisions affecting the provision of veterans’ benefits, including medical expense reimbursement”
- the substantive tort law of the state in which the alleged tort occurred applies to FTCA tort claims
- district court review foreclosed where the district court must “determine first whether the VA acted properly in handling Price's request for reimbursement”
- no judicial review of a claim that the VA negligently or intentionally failed to reimburse a veteran’s medical bills
- “The courts have consistently held that a federal district court may not entertain constitutional or statutory claims whose resolution would require the court to intrude upon the VA’s exclusive jurisdiction
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Judges: Ginsburg, Sentelle, Henderson
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