Joann GRAHAM, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee

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• holding that the ALJ improperly substituted his conclusion that the claimant “appeared moderately handicapped in her gait” for the medical evidence of record
• concluding that it was improper for the ALJ to substitute medical evidence presented for his own observation that the claimant “appeared moderately handicapped in her gait”
• reversing because the ALJ substituted his lay opinion about the claimant’s gait for the medical evidence showing more than a moderate limitation
• reversing because the ALJ substituted his lay opinion about the claimant’s gait for the medical evidence showing more than a moderate limitation
• reversing ALJ who made his own assessment that the applicant “appeared moderately handicapped in her gait”

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