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· 10/7/1988

Ramona RIVERA-FIGUEROA, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant, Appellee

Citations

  • 858 F.2d 48
  • 1988 U.S. App. LEXIS 14021
  • 1988 WL 105473

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  • holding that the hearing officer was ill-equipped to conclude that the claimant’s condition was so trivial as to impose no significant limitation on ability to work without an RFC assessment from an examining psychiatrist
  • ALJ's own assessment of RFC from medical data not substantial evidence
  • “Absent a residual functional capacity assessment from an examining psychiatrist, we do not think the [hearing officer] was equipped to conclude that the claim ant’s condition was so trivial as to impose no significant limitation on ability to work.”

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Judges: Bownes, Breyer, Per Curiam, Torruella

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