· 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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