United States Tenth Circuit

A denial of a claim for supplemental security income benefits is remanded for further consideration where an ALJ should have explained why he rejected four of the moderate restrictions in a doctor's residual functional capacity (RFC) assessment while appearing to adopt the others.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/03/2007
• Published 04/04/2007

Judges

• KELLY, Circuit Judge., Before TACHA, Chief Judge, KELLY and O'BRIEN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Submitted on the briefs:   Steve A. Troutman, Troutman & Troutman, P.C., Tulsa, OK, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• David E. O'Meilia, United States Attorney;  Tina M. Waddell, Regional Chief Counsel;  Virginia Watson Keyes, Special Assistant United States Attorney, Office of the General Counsel, Region VI, Social Security Administration, Dallas, TX, for Defendant-Appellee.