United States Ninth Circuit

ALJ's rejection of plaintiff's pain testimony solely for lack of objective, corroborative medical evidence was clear error. Because the claimant's subjective testimony is the only issue, the case is remanded for an award of benefits.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/04/2003
• Decided 04/16/2004
• Published 04/16/2004

Judges

• SCHWARZER, Senior District Judge:, Before: KOZINSKI and NOONAN, Circuit Judges, and SCHWARZER, Senior District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Young C. Cho, Law Offices of Lawrence D. Rohlfing, Santa Fe Springs, CA, for the plaintiff-appellant.


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