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SSD, failure to consider impairments together

January 6, 2024 By lilly

SSD: Denial of benefits reversed for failure to consider whether Claimant’s various impairments together indicate that her combination of conditions meets or equals any Listing… Michele Kelley reversed… Morris. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Federal Trial Courts, Past Issues Tagged With: Jeffrey Staples, Joel Krautter, Mark Smith

SSD, number of medical appointments

July 15, 2023 By lilly

SSD: Number of medical appointments not necessary for RFC analysis… Cavan affirmed (memorandum). [Read more…]

Filed Under: Ninth Circuit Court, Past Issues Tagged With: John Seidlitz, Mark Smith, Shata Stucky

SSD, pain claims

July 1, 2023 By lilly

SSD: Pain claims improperly rejected… Kilroy/DeSoto reversed (memorandum). [Read more…]

Filed Under: Ninth Circuit Court, Past Issues Tagged With: James O'Brien, Jeffrey Staples, John Seidlitz, Mark Smith

SSD, mental, headaches, knee pain

June 24, 2023 By lilly

SSD: Claims related to mental, headaches, knee pain properly denied… SSA/Cavan affirmed (memorandum). [Read more…]

Filed Under: Ninth Circuit Court, Past Issues Tagged With: Jeffrey Staples, John Seidlitz, Mark Smith

SSD, preclusive effect of another ALJ’s finding

June 24, 2023 By lilly

SSD: ALJ properly declined in 2020 to give preclusive effect to another ALJ’s 2012 RFC finding… Claimant failed to show that medical appointments would preclude working on a regular basis… application properly denied… SSA/DeSoto affirmed (memorandum). [Read more…]

Filed Under: Ninth Circuit Court, Past Issues Tagged With: John Seidlitz, Katherine Watson, Mark Smith, Tim Tatarka

SSD, depression

June 24, 2023 By lilly

SSD depression claims properly rejected… SSA/Cavan affirmed (memorandum). [Read more…]

Filed Under: Ninth Circuit Court, Past Issues Tagged With: David Burdett, John Seidlitz, Lars Nelson, Mark Smith

SSD, podiatrist’s opinions

May 27, 2023 By lilly

SSD claim involving podiatrist’s opinions properly rejected… Kelley/Cavan affirmed (memorandum). [Read more…]

Filed Under: Ninth Circuit Court, Past Issues Tagged With: Christopher Brackett, James O'Brien, John Seidlitz, Mark Smith

SSD, claim denied despite harmless error at step 3

April 29, 2023 By lilly

SSD claim properly denied despite harmless error at step 3… Opp/Cavan affirmed (memorandum). [Read more…]

Filed Under: Ninth Circuit Court, Past Issues Tagged With: Daniel Talbert, James O'Brien, Jeffrey Staples, John Seidlitz, Mark Smith

FTCA, wildfire damages, discretionary function

April 1, 2023 By lilly

FTCA: Claims that FS was required to consult landowners personally about Lolo Peak fire suppression activities on their properties but failed to do so and that it intended the suppression activities to cause damage properly held to be precluded by discretionary function exception… Molloy affirmed. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Ninth Circuit Court, Past Issues Tagged With: John Newman, Jordan Pallesi, Kris McLean, Mark Smith, Randy Tanner, Tyson McLean

SSD, bladder/bowel incontinence

December 17, 2022 By lilly

SSD: Bladder/bowel incontinence claim properly denied… Lynch affirmed (memorandum). [Read more…]

Filed Under: Ninth Circuit Court, Past Issues Tagged With: David Burdett, John Seidlitz, Mark Smith, Sarah Martin

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