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WILLIAMS ON BEHALF OF WILLIAMS v. BOWEN

No. 51, Docket 88-6104.

859 F.2d 255 (1988)

Joyce E. WILLIAMS, on Behalf of Loretta L. WILLIAMS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided October 13, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis A. Clary, Niagara County Legal Aid Soc., Inc., Niagara Falls, N.Y., for plaintiff-appellant.

Kathleen A. Mahoney, Buffalo, N.Y. (Roger P. Williams, U.S. Atty., W.D.N.Y., Ronald E. Robertson, Gen. Counsel, Annette H. Blum, Chief Counsel, Region II, Geraldene Sherr, Asst. Regional Counsel, Region II, Buffalo, N.Y., of counsel), for defendant-appellee.

Before FEINBERG, Chief Judge, and CARDAMONE and PRATT, Circuit Judges.

CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:

This appeal from a denial of disability benefits is somewhat uncommon because it requires us to reverse an administrative determination for lack of substantial evidence. Such a determination must demonstrate a rational connection between the agency's legal conclusion and the medical and lay testimony presented. Only then can a reviewing court be assured that the evidence on which the administration determination rests is "substantial." The...

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