United States Third Circuit

An Administrative Law Judge assessing the date of onset of a bipolar disorder manifesting itself over thirty years ago must call upon the services of a medical advisor rather than rely on his own lay analysis of the evidence.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/09/2000
• Decided 03/20/2001
• Published 03/20/2001

Judges

• Before ROTH, McKEE and STAPLETON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Kenneth M. Kapner, Philadelphia, PA, and Thomas D. Sutton (Argued), Leventhal & Sutton, Langhorne, PA, Attorneys for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Allyson Jozwik (Argued), David Wiedner, and Lori Karimoto, Social Security Administration, Philadelphia, PA, Attorneys for Appellee.