Major W.D. Foster v. United States

Subject Matter Jurisdiction; Claim Under Traumatic Injury Act, 38 U.S.C § 1980A; Statutory Provision Designating District Court Jurisdiction; Sua Sponte Transfer to a Court of Appropriate Jurisdiction, 28 U.S.C. § 1631.

OPINION AND ORDER ON DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO DISMISS

WHEELER, Judge.

Plaintiff brought this action in the Court of Federal Claims for wrongful denial of bene fits under the Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance Traumatic Injury Protection Program. Major W.D. Foster claims that he was improperly denied benefits for a traumatic injury he suffered while on active duty in the United…