United States Tenth Circuit

Denial of an application for disability insurance benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act is reversed and remanded where the onset date of claimant's disabilities, which arose from his being shot in the foot, was ambiguous, the ALJ erred by failing to utilize SSR 83-20 to infer an onset date, and the ALJ should have addressed lay witness testimony in his written decision.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/23/2006
• Published 10/24/2006

Judges

• HENRY, Circuit Judge., Before HENRY, LUCERO, and McCONNELL, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

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


• For Appellees:
  
• Linda H. Green, Assistant Regional Counsel, United States Social Security Administration, Dallas, TX (David C. Iglesias, United States Attorney, Cynthia L. Weisman, Assistant United States Attorney, and Tina M. Waddell, Chief Counsel, Region VI with her on the brief) for Defendant-Appellee.