United States Tenth Circuit

Denial of claimant's application for disability insurance benefits under the Social Security Act is reversed where, under the circumstances, an administrative law judge legally erred by not requesting claimant's rheumatoid factor test results from doctors or a medical source for purposes of determining whether claimant had a rheumatological disorder.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/15/2006
• Published 05/15/2006

Judges

• McKAY, Circuit Judge., Before HENRY, McKAY, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Michael D. Armstrong, Albuquerque, NM, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Cynthia L. Weisman, Office of the United States Attorney District of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, Dianne Mullins Pryor, Office of the General Counsel Social Security Administration, Dallas, TX, for Defendant-Appellee.