Lionel J. Bastien v. Joseph P. Califano, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare

How courts have described this case

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• “[t]he expert opinions of a treating physician as to the existence of a disability are binding on the factfinder unless contradicted by substantial evidence to the contrary”
• \(t)he expert opinions of a treating physician as to the existence of a disability are binding on the factfinder unless contradicted by substantial evidence to the contrary\
• “[E]ligibility for benefits is to be determined in light of the fact that ‘the Social Security Act is a remedial statute, to be broadly construed and liberally applied’”
• “[t]he degenerative nature of [the] condition is an important factor to be weighed”
• “[I]t is insufficient for the Secretary to assert that Bastien might do jobs of a light and sedentary nature such as checker without providing a job description clarifying the nature of the job, demonstrating that the job does not require significant stooping and walking.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).