Does the severity regulation in the disability benefits act as an efficiency measure?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Yuckert v. Heckler, 774 F.2d 1365 (9th Cir. 1986):
7 The absence of support for the Secretary's position in either the statute or the legislative history is fatal to her claim that the severity regulation promotes efficiency. As the Seventh Circuit correctly concluded: "[E]fficiency arguments provide absolutely no basis for the Secretary to violate Congressional mandates to implement properly the disability benefits program of this nation." Johnson v. Heckler, 769 F.2d at 1213.
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