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· 8/14/2014

Latesha Moon v. Carolyn Colvin

Citations

  • 763 F.3d 718
  • 2014 WL 3956762
  • 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 15643

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that an ALJ errs by relying on neural imaging to discount a claimant's credibility with respect to chronic migraines
  • holding that the ALJ erred by relying on an MRI as evidence of the severity of migraines when no medical provider made such a connection in the plaintiff’s medical record
  • indicating that “ALJs are required to rely on expert opinions instead of determining the significance of particular medical findings themselves”
  • noting that imagining is generally useful only to rule out certain possible causes of migraines
  • noting that ALJs must “rely on expert opinions instead of determining the significance of particular medical findings themselves”
  • noting that ALJs must “rely on expert opinions instead of determining the significance of particular medical findings themselves”

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Judges: Posner, Easterbrook, Hamilton

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