United States Second Circuit

In a claim for disability benefits where vocational expert testimony was not given to decide whether plaintiff is disabled, the proper remedy is a remand for an evidentiary hearing.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/03/2004
• Published 11/03/2004

Judges

• Before:  WINTER, JACOBS, and STRAUB, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Eugene D. Faughnan, Hinman, Howard & Kattell, LLP, Binghamton, New York, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Sixtina Fernandez, Assistant Regional Counsel, Social Security Administration (Lisa de Soto, General Counsel, Barbara L. Spivak, Chief Counsel-Region II, Richard A. Hill, Deputy General Counsel, on the petition), New York, New York, for Defendant-Appellee.