United States Tenth Circuit

Denial of an application for supplemental security income (SSI) benefits under Title XVI of the Social Security Act is reversed and remanded where: 1) an ALJ erred, as a matter of law, in failing to perform a proper analysis at step four of the five-step sequential evaluation process for determining whether a social security claimant is disabled; and 2) the opinion of claimant's primary medical provider, a registered nurse and family nurse practitioner, should be reconsidered in light of SSR 06-03p.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/04/2008
• Published 01/04/2008

Judges

• SEYMOUR, Circuit Judge., Before HOLLOWAY, Circuit Judge, BARRETT, Senior Circuit Judge, and SEYMOUR, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Submitted on the Briefs: , Darren T. Rackley of Troutman & Troutman, P.C., Tulsa, OK, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• John C. Richter, United States Attorney, Oklahoma City, OK;  Tina M. Waddell, Regional Chief Counsel, and Richard A. Gilbert, Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, Office of the General Counsel, Region VI, Social Security Administration, Dallas, TX, for Defendant-Appellee.