United States Tenth Circuit

Grant of review of administrative denial of disability benefits is reversed where an administrative law judge's findings at latter steps of his analysis, coupled with the medical record, conclusively precluded plaintiff's qualification for benefits, and any error in reasoning was harmless.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/19/2005
• Published 12/19/2005

Judges

• BALDOCK, Circuit Judge., Before O'BRIEN, HOLLOWAY, and BALDOCK, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Submitted on the briefs:   Pamela A. Kultgen, Assistant Regional Counsel, and Frank V. Smith, III, Chief Counsel, Social Security Administration, Region VII, Kansas City, MO;  Eric F. Melgren, United States Attorney, and D. Brad Bailey, Assistant United States Attorney, Topeka, KS, for Defendant-Appellant., Scott L. Johnson, Tilton & Tilton, Chtd, Topeka, KS, for Plaintiff-Appellee.