· 9/18/1986
Clementine COTTON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis BOWEN, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee
Citations
- 799 F.2d 1403
- 1986 U.S. App. LEXIS 30859
- 15 Soc. Serv. Rev. 13
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- finding legal error where 18 ALJ’s findings ignored medical evidence without giving specific, legitimate reasons for doing 19 so
- finding legal error where ALJ’s findings ignored medical evidence without giving 20 specific, legitimate reasons for doing so
- legal error where ALJ’s findings completely ignore medical evidence without giving specific, legitimate reasons for doing so
- legal error where ALJ's findings completely ignore medical evidence without giving specific, legitimate reasons for doing so
- “ ‘Congress clearly meant that so long as the pain is associated with a clinically demonstrated impairment, credible pain testimony should contribute to a determination of disability’ ”
- excess 21 pain testimony cannot be discredited solely on the ground that it is not fully corroborated by 22 objective medical findings
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Judges: Pregerson, Nelson, Thompson
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