Nina Green-Younger v. Joanne B. Barnhart, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration

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• holding that because fibromyalgia is “a disease that eludes [objective] measurement,” ALJ improperly discredited treating physician’s disability determination based upon lack of objective evidence
• holding that the ALJ erred in not giving a treating physician’s diagnosis of fibromyalgia controlling weight
• recognizing that physical examinations will usually yield normal results - a full range of motion, no joint swelling, as well as normal muscle strength and neurological reactions
• recognizing that physical examinations will usually yield normal results - a full range of motion, no joint swelling, as well as normal muscle strength and neurological reactions
• holding that a growing number of courts “have recognized that fibromyalgia is a disabling impairment and that ‘there are no objective tests which can conclusively confirm the disease.’”
• holding that the ALJ erred in rejecting the RFC opinion of the claimant’s treating physician on the ground that, except for the presence of trigger points, there was no “objective” medical evidence to support such opinion

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