United States Ninth Circuit
MOORE v. COMM'R SOC. SEC. ADMIN., 00-15947
An employee's performance after the end of the period for which he is seeking disability benefits is not a "specific and legitimate" basis for an administrative law judge's rejection of the opinions of examining physicians, which were contradicted only by a non-examining physician.
Appellate Information
- Decided 01/24/2002
- Published 01/24/2002
Judges
- FISHER, Circuit Judge., Before: POLITZ,W. FLETCHER and FISHER, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Ralph Wilborn and Etta L. Wilborn, Tucson, AZ, for the plaintiff-appellant.
- For Appellees:
- William W. Youngman, Assistant United States Attorney, Portland, OR, and Amy L. Gilbrough, Assistant Regional Counsel, Social Security Administration, Seattle, WA, for the defendant-appellee.