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· 4/1/1999

John BROWN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Kenneth S. APFEL, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee

Citations

  • 174 F.3d 59
  • 1999 U.S. App. LEXIS 6064
  • 1999 WL 183758

How courts have described this case

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  • stating that conflicting evidence may indicate that the claimant’s limitations were not sufficiently documented or worsened over time
  • Reversing and remanding the ALJ’s decision because the new evidence submitted to the “Social Security Appeals Council . . . undermines the ALJ’s analysis.”
  • remanding where ALJ decided that plaintiff’s “seizures were caused by a failure to take his medication” when no treatment provider said so
  • considering evidence of symptoms that occurred six months after the ALJ’s decision, but that related to a previously complained of condition
  • reversing an ALJ's decision after finding the determination that plaintiff's condition was not medically equivalent to a listed impairment \[wa]s no longer a reasonable interpretation of the medical evidence in the record\
  • ALJ decided on his own that plaintiff’s “seizures were caused by a failure to take his medication” when no treatment provider said so

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Judges: McLaughlin, Calabresi, Gibson

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