United States Ninth Circuit

A partial denial of supplemental security income and disability insurance benefits is reversed and remanded where the decision was not supported by substantial evidence with regards to: 1) an adverse credibility finding and a failure to consider lay witness testimony in evaluating claimant's residual functional capacity (RFC); and 2) a hypothetical posed to a vocational expert for purposes of determining claimant's ability to perform other work available in the national economy before a certain point in time.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/27/2006
• Published 10/27/2006

Judges

• BROWNING, Circuit Judge., Before JAMES R. BROWNING, DOROTHY W. NELSON, and DIARMUID F. O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• David B. Lowry, Portland, OR, for the appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• David M. Blume, Assistant Regional Counsel, Seattle, WA, for the appellee.