Patricia Elliott v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company

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• concluding that benefits-termination decision was arbitrary and capricious because the administrator “did not rely on an application of the relevant evidence to the occupational standard”
• holding that plan administrator did not make a reasoned judgment when it failed to apply relevant medical evidence to the occupational standard
• holding remand was appropriate where it was not “clear[ ]” that plaintiff was entitled to benefits
• noting that remand is appropriate because the Court is \not [a] medical specialist[] and that judgment\ as to whether Plaintiff is disabled is not for the Court to make
• holding plan administrator did not rely on an application of evidence to occupational standard where it gave “no indication that [it] reasoned from [the claimant’s] condition to her ability to perform her occupation”
• noting that a plan’s decision to conduct a file- only review, particularly, where the right to conduct a physical examination is expressly reserved, raises “questions about the thoroughness and accuracy of the benefits determination.”

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