Keel v. Saul

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that even if the ALJ “failed to properly apply the Stone standard [for severe impairment], such a conclusion does not require an automatic reversal”
• holding that ALJ’s failure to apply the correct standard for severe impairment does not automatically warrant reversal
• holding that “[t]hough the precise wording differs, Stone and SSR 85-28 are not substantially different enough to warrant a finding of error.”
• stating that the claimant bears the burden on the first four steps
• holding SSR 85-28 is consistent with Stone v. Heckler
• “Harmless error exists when it is inconceivable that a different administrative conclusion would have been reached even if the ALJ did not err.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

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  Fifth Circuit· 2025-09-03

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Shinseki, Secretary of Veterans Affairs v. Sanders
  Supreme Court· 2009-04-21· cited 2,961×
• Travis RIPLEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Shirley S. CHATER, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee
  Fifth Circuit· 1995-10-30· cited 621×
• Frank v. Barnhart
  Fifth Circuit· 2003-03-26· cited 297×
• William W. STONE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Margaret M. HECKLER, Secretary of Health & Human Services, Defendant-Appellee
  Fifth Circuit· 1985-02-15· cited 292×
• Ronald Salmond, Sr. v. Nancy Berryhill, Acting Cms
  Fifth Circuit· 2018-06-18· cited 288×
• Arthur Whitehead v. Carolyn Colvin, Acting Cmsnr
  Fifth Circuit· 2016-04-28· cited 144×
• Donald HAMPTON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis W. BOWEN, Secretary of Health & Human Services, Defendant-Appellee
  Fifth Circuit· 1986-04-02· cited 63×
• Acosta v. Astrue
  W.D. Texas· 2012-03-02· cited 28×