David Bowen v. Commissioner of Social Security

How courts have described this case

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• holding that an ALJ’s decision, even if otherwise supported by substantial evidence cannot be upheld where the ALJ failed to follow applicable law
• holding that reversal is required if the ALJ failed to follow the Commissioner’s “own regulations and …that error prejudices a claimant on the merits or deprives of a substantial right.”
• finding that “the harmless-error inquiry require[s] more than a showing that the claimant simply had little chance of winning on the merits”
• noting that a treating doctor’s general findings were relevant on the issue of whether the claimant’s RFC permitted her to work, but they were not controlling absent a functional capacity assessment
• finding that the facts did not satisfy potential harmless error justifications
• finding no harmless error under Wilson where ALJ did not mention treating physician opinion

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