· 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
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- 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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