Watson v. Bowen’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
March 1988
most recently cited
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Richardson v. Perales · Consolo v. Federal Maritime Commission · Podedworny v. Harris · Stephens v. Heckler · Garfield v. Schweiker
Most-quoted passages
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“[a]n award of benefits is appropriate when substantial evidence on the record as a whole indicates that the claimant is disabled, and the weight of the evidence indicates that a remand would only delay the receipt of benefits while serving no useful purpose.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Crist v. Bowen
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