McLeod v. Astrue

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that VA disability rating “must be considered and ordinarily must be given great weight”
• holding that an ALJ must be “especially diligent” with this duty when the claimant 23 is unrepresented
• concluding that the ALJ’s duty to develop the record is only triggered by inadequate or ambiguous evidence
• holding that Shinseki applies to Social Security cases as well as Veterans Affairs cases
• holding the ALJ 11 reasonably rejected a doctor’s conclusion that the claimant could not work because that 12 is a determination reserved to the Commissioner
• noting that remand is appropriate “where the circumstances of the case show a substantial 6 likelihood of prejudice” to the party claiming error

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).