· 3/5/1990
Paula VARGAS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Louis W. SULLIVAN, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee
Citations
- 898 F.2d 293
- 1990 U.S. App. LEXIS 3329
How courts have described this case
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- stating that a doctor’s assessment of other doctor’s findings merits “little weight” in a disability determination
- explaining that remand solely for a calculation of benefits is appropriate when there 1s an “infinitesimal likelihood” of employment
- stating that “a doctor's assessment of other doctor's findings merits little weight in a disability determination”
- remanding for calculation of benefits where \there was an infinitesimal likelihood that employment of any kind would be available\ for claimant
- remanding for calculation of benefits where there was an “infinitesimal likelihood that employment of any kind would be available” to claimant
- remanding for calculation of benefits where there was an “infinitesimal likelihood that employment of any kind would be available” to claimant
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Judges: Van Graafeiland, Pierce, Pratt
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