Salomaa v. Honda Long Term Disability Plan

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• comparing migraines with chronic fatigue syndrome, noting “there were no physical findings for chronic fatigue syndrome except that the patient looked fatigued, just as there were no physical symptoms for migraine headache except that the patient would appear to be in pain.”
• We now establish as holding ... that conditioning an award on the existence of evidence that cannot exist is arbitrary and capricious.”
• “An administrator does not do its duty under the statute and regulations by saying merely ‘we are not persuaded’ or ‘your evidence is insufficient.’ ”
• “Procedural errors by the administrator are . . . weighed in deciding whether 3 the administrator’s decision was an abuse of discretion.” (emphasis added) (internal 4 quotation marks omitted)

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