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· 1/3/1991

Jesse DELROSA, Appellant, v. Louis W. SULLIVAN, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Appellee

Citations

  • 922 F.2d 480
  • 1991 U.S. App. LEXIS 47
  • 1991 WL 114

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  • remanding because ALJ rejected medical diagnosis of mental disorder and suggesting the ALJ “consider the aggravating factor posed by the possibility that [claimant]’s perception of pain is exacerbated by his psychological impairment”
  • noting ALJ may not refuse to accept “psychological overtones” of examining physicians’ diagnoses
  • improper for ALJ to substitute his \own unsubstantiated conclusions\ regarding claimant's medical condition for that of the treating physician
  • improper for ALJ to substitute his “own unsubstantiated conclusions” regarding claimant’s medical condition for that of the treating physician
  • \an applicant need not be completely bedridden . . . to be considered disabled.\

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Judges: Lay, Bright, Van Sickle

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