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· 11/18/2015

DeGrandis v. Children's Hospital Boston

Citations

  • 806 F.3d 13
  • 204 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 3621
  • 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 20007
  • 2015 WL 7281565

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that Mexia governs federal courts’ interpretation of the 18 Song-Beverly Act’s duration provision in the absence of convincing evidence that the California 19 Supreme Court would reach a different decision
  • holding it was legal error when the ALJ “never connected the 15 medical record to Claimant’s testimony”
  • noting that a summary of medical evidence “is not the 17 same as providing clear and convincing reasons”
  • finding the agency 25 must set forth reasoning behind its decisions in a way that allows for meaningful 26 review
  • remanding for an award of benefits is appropriate 21 in rare circumstances
  • “[T]he credibility determination is exclusively the ALJ’s to make, and 18 ours only to review.”

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Judges: Howard, Lynch, Kayatta

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