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· 2/7/2024

In re the Marriage of Routt

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  • holding that by failing to consider medical reports submitted in state workers’ compensation proceeding the ALJ failed to weigh all of the evidence of record
  • holding that by failing to consider medical reports 3 submitted in state workers’ compensation proceeding the ALJ failed to weigh all of the evidence 4 of record
  • finding that disability determination by workers’ compensation agency is not binding in social security context
  • vacating ALJ’s decision due to failure to consider “medical findings set forth in the medical reports for submission with the worker’s compensation claim”
  • “Since the ALJ explicitly disregarded a substantial portion of the medical evidence, the ALJ failed to consider ‘all the evidence’ as is required by [Cotter v. Harris, 642 F.2d 700, 704 (3d Cir.1981)].”
  • “[I]t is important to distinguish between those portions of the physicians’ reports that represent the physician[s]’ medical findings and those portions of the reports that represent conclusions as to the claimant’s disability for purposes of worker’s compensation.”

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