Michael Angelo Medrano v. State

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• holding that the ALJ impermissibly played doctor by stating that the MRI results were consistent with claimant’s impairments without an expert opinion interpreting the MRI results in the record
• stating that “without an expert opinion interpreting the MRI results in the record, the ALJ was not qualified to con- clude that the MRI results were ‘consistent’ with his assess- ment”
• explaining that an ALJ plays doctor when he “make[s] his own determination without the benefit of an expert opinion” (emphasis added)
• finding that the “ALJ was not qualified to conclude that the MRI results were ‘consistent’ with [the ALJ’s] assessment”
• finding that the ALJ “impermissibly ‘played doctor” when he interpreted the plaintiff’s MRI results without the benefit of an expert opinion
• holding ALJ erred in crediting the state-agency opinions, which were outdated and missing approximately 70 pages of medical records, including MRI results

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