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Seventh Circuit· 10/21/2016

Israel v. Colvin

Citations

  • 840 F.3d 432
  • 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 19052
  • 2016 WL 6135856

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • recognizing that an ALJ’s mischaracterization of a physician’s opinion caused the ALJ to believe the opinion exaggerated the claimant’s limitations
  • stating that “[t]here is always a danger when lawyers and judges attempt to interpret medical reports”
  • finding that “[t]here is always a danger when lawyers and judges attempt to interpret medical reports”
  • finding that undergoing painful and risky procedures in attempt to alleviate pain were “actions that would support the credibility of [her] claims regarding the severity of [her] pain.”
  • willingness to undergo “painful and risky procedures” to alleviate pain are actions that support the “credibility of claims regarding the severity of pain”
  • remanding where ALJ misread treaters’ opinions and thus mistakenly believed that treaters had exaggerated claimant’s limitations

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Judges: Flaum, Rovner, Sykes

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