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· 2/8/1989

Donald P. DeFRANCESCO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee

Citations

  • 867 F.2d 1040
  • 1989 U.S. App. LEXIS 2216
  • 1989 WL 14938

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  • remand warranted where ALJ deemed claimant's occasional confusion of brake with gas pedals due to numb feet only slight restriction on ability to work
  • “[t]he administrative law judge is entitled to give substantial weight to the testimony of a medical advisor even though the advisor has not examined the claimant personally”
  • remand warranted where ALJ deemed claimant’s occasional confusion of brake with gas pedals due to numb feet only slight restriction on ability to work

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Judges: Wood, Posner, Manion

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