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Administrative : Denial Of Benefits – Residual Functional Capacity – Job Description
Stephanie Maniscalco//February 9, 2018//
Where a claimant challenged the denial of Social Security disability benefits, the administrative law judge did not err in finding that a doctor’s opinions were inconsistent with his earlier assessments and with the record as a whole, but the judgment is vacated and remanded with instructions for a new step-five determination based on a conflict between the claimant’s residual functional capacity and the relevant job description in the Dictionary of Occupational Titles.
Vacated; remanded.
Thomas v. Berryhill (MLW No. 71389/Case No. 16-4559 – 9 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Arnold, J.) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas, Deere, J. (Eugene Gregory Wallace, Raleigh, North Carolina, argued for appellant; Stephanie Bartels appeared on the brief) (Tracey Ann Wirmani, Dallas, argued for appellee; Gabriel Bono appeared on the brief).
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