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· 3/19/1986

Robert L. GILLILAND, Appellant, v. Margaret HECKLER, Secretary of Health and Human Services

Citations

  • 786 F.2d 178
  • 1986 U.S. App. LEXIS 23180
  • 13 Soc. Serv. Rev. 122

How courts have described this case

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  • declining to remand where application of the correct legal standards could only lead to conclusion that plaintiff was disabled
  • to avoid further delay, and where substantial evidence indicates claimant is entitled to benefits, court may direct award of benefits
  • decision to reverse and direct an award of benefits “should be made only when . . . substantial evidence on the record as a whole indicates that the Claimant is disabled and entitled to benefits”

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Judges: Garth, Stapleton, Bissell

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