Brennan v. Schweiker

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

TROUTMAN, District Judge.

The applicable legal standard guiding our decision is not disputed: our duty is confined to a determination of whether the Secretary’s decision is supported by substantial evidence, 42 U.S.C. § 405(g); Richardson v. Perales, 402 U.S. 389, 91 S.Ct. 1420, 28 L.Ed.2d 842 (1971). Substantial evidence is evidence which a reasoning mind would accept as sufficient to support a conclusion; it consists of more than a mere scintilla of evidence but may be somewhat less than a preponderance. Dobrowolsky v. Caiifano, 606 F.2d 403 (3d Cir. 1979); Blalock v.…