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· 5/16/1988

Betty L. VARNEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant-Appellee

Citations

  • 846 F.2d 581
  • 1988 U.S. App. LEXIS 6381
  • 1988 WL 46885

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that if the Secretary chooses to 25 disregard side effects of a claimant’s medications, he must support that decision with 26 specific findings
  • declining to remand on ground that portions of administrative hearing transcript deemed inaudible because gaps in testimony did not prevent sufficient understanding to point of precluding fair review
  • declining to remand on ground that portions of administrative hearing 4 |\\transcript deemed inaudible because the gaps in testimony did not interfere with 5 ||comprehension of testimony to an extent that would hinder fair review
  • remanding so ALJ can properly assess side effects of claimant’s medication
  • same, 9 where ALJ simply stated in one sentence that plaintiff’s allegations of her symptoms were 10 unsupported by the objective medical evidence
  • ALJ erred by failing to \isolate particular complaints of pain and discuss the evidence suggesting that those complaints are not credible\

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Judges: Browning, Hug, Reinhardt

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