United States Eighth Circuit

Denial of plaintiff's applications for disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income is reversed where the administrative law judge failed to give controlling weight to the treating psychiatrist's opinion and improperly rejected the psychiatrist's Medical Source Statement.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/08/2005
• Published 03/08/2005

Judges

• WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge., Before WOLLMAN, RICHARD S. ARNOLD, and BYE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Joanna Davis, argued, Springfield, MO (Jon M. Gold, on the brief), for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Richard Staples, argued, Office of General Counsel, Social Security Admin., Kansas City, MO (Ann K. Reeg, Office of General Counsel, on the brief), for appellee.