United States Ninth Circuit

Reliance on medical grids rather than vocational expert testimony is not appropriate in a disability proceeding where medical record shows that applicant cannot work at or above shoulder level because that information may suggest non-exertional impairment.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/18/2001
• Decided 09/28/2001
• Published 09/28/2001

Judges

• PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:, Before:  PREGERSON, FERNANDEZ, and GRABER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Lawrence D. Rohlfing, Attorney at Law, Santa Fe Springs, California, for the appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jacqueline Forslund, Esq., David W. Ogden, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Alejandro N. Mayorkas, United States Attorney, Janice L. Walli, Chief Counsel, Region IX, D.J. Edelman, Assistant Regional Counsel, Social Security Administration, San Francisco, California, for the appellee.