United States Eighth Circuit

An Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) erred in discounting a social security disability claimant's allegations of disabling pain where, assuming claimant's complaints were controlled by medication, the ALJ failed to develop the record as to the medications' side effects.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/20/2002
• Published 11/20/2002

Judges

• BOGUE, District Judge., Before McMILLIAN, and MORRIS S. ARNOLD, Circuit Judges, and BOGUE, District Judge.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• E. Gregory Wallace, argued, Buies Creek, NC (Anthony W. Bartels, on the brief), for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Thomas C. Strafuss, argued, Dallas, TX, for appellee.