Court Opinion

ID: 9496931
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 16:39:19.017995+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:57:53.935241
License: Public Domain

ROTH, Circuit Judge,
dissenting.
My reading of the record in this appeal does not persuade me that it supports only one result — as is concluded by the Majority. Nor do I believe, pursuant to our standard of review — are the ALJ’s factual findings rational, consistent with applicable law, and supported by substantial evidence on the record considered as a whole — that the Court is justified in reversing the judgment of the Benefits Review Board — however much I may feel personal sympathy for Mrs. Soubik.
I do, however, agree with the majority that the protracted delay in resolving federal black lung benefits cases is regrettable.