Sofia BERRIOS, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant, Appellee

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• holding Appeals Council improperly interpreted and applied “raw, technical medical data” consisting of a rheumatologist’s report containing “medical jargon” and two myelogram tests
• Appeals Council, composed of lay persons, is not competent to interpret and apply raw, technical medical data
• “We do not think the Appeals Council, composed of lay persons, was competent to interpret and apply this raw, technical medical data.”
• the Appeals Council could not base its denial of benefits on its interpretation of raw, technical data contained in one medical report where a contrary report interpreted medical data in functional terms
• the Appeals Council could not base its denial of benefits on its interpretation of raw, technical data contained in one medical report where a contrary report interpreted medical data in functional terms

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