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· 3/8/1990

Barbara MOORE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Louis SULLIVAN, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee

Citations

  • 895 F.2d 1065
  • 1990 U.S. App. LEXIS 3312
  • 1990 WL 14477

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that when the ALJ has relied on erroneous legal standards in assessing the evidence, he must reconsider that denial
  • refusing to presume “that the ALJ would have reached the same conclusion had he applied the proper legal standards”
  • schizophrenia severe but not disabling at Step 4
  • “Where the agency applies proper legal standards in denying benefits, we must uphold the decision if it is based on substantial evidence. However, where ‘the [Commissioner] has relied on erroneous legal standards in assessing the evidence, [it] must reconsider that denial.”
  • “Where the agency applies proper legal standards in denying benefits, we must uphold the decision if it is based on substantial evidence. However, where ‘the [Commissioner] has relied on erroneous legal standards in assessing the evidence, [it] must reconsider that denial.”
  • schizo‐ phrenia severe but not disabling at Step 4

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Judges: Reavley, King, Johnson

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