United States Ninth Circuit

In appeals from a claim for disability benefits for successive disabilities of entirely different origins, the district court erred in failing to consider all evidence all evidence available at the time of the administrative law judge's hearing to evaluate plaintiff's claim that he had a back disability as of the cessation date.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/11/2003
• Decided 08/21/2003
• Published 08/21/2003

Judges

• SCHROEDER, Chief Judge:, Before SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, D.W. NELSON and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jesse S. Kaplan, Sacramento, CA, for the plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Geralyn A. Gulseth, Assistant Regional Counsel, Social Security Administration, San Francisco, CA, for the defendant-appellee.