Reddick v. Chater
- Decided
- October 6, 1998
- Docket
- No. 97-15111
- Status
- Published
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
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What later courts said
- holding that it was legal error for ALJ to fail to take into account claimant’s capacity to “undertake sustained work activity” — Kathryn C. Rollins v. Larry G. Massanari, Acting Commissioner of Social Security Administration (2001)
- holding that the ALJ erred by rejecting a treating physician’s opinion in favor of opinions issued by non-treating doctors without providing a sufficient rationale — Stephen Turner v. Nancy Berryhill (2017)
- concluding that the ALJ’s rejection of the physicians’ opinions on the premise that they were based on the claimant’s subjective complaints “is ill-suited to this CFS case” (emphasis added) — Morris v. Comm Social Security (2003)
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How the opinion begins
HUG, Chief Judge.
This case involves a claim for Social Security disability benefits by Susan Reddick (“Claimant”) who was diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (“CFS”). The Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) found that Claimant suffered from CFS but that she was not disabled because the disease did not undermine her ability to perform substantial gainful work. The district court concluded that the ALJ’s decision was supported by substantial evidence and granted summary judgment for the Commissioner. A principal issue in this ease is whether the ALJ was justified in discounting the testimony of Claimant, her treating doctor, and an examining doctor concerning her disability from fatigue, and instead relying upon the testimony of two consultative examiners who concluded that she was not disabled. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and we reverse the judgment of the district court and remand with instructions to remand to the ALJ for an award of benefits.
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Reddick v. Chater, 157 F.3d 715 (1998)Read the full opinion
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