United States Ninth Circuit
Bray v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec. Admin., 06-36072
Denial of an application for social security disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income is reversed and remanded where the court cannot properly determine whether substantial evidence supports the ALJ's decision finding applicant not disabled since the ALJ failed to articulate a clear basis to support its assumption that the applicant had transferable skills.
Appellate Information
- Argued 10/23/2008
- Decided 02/06/2009
- Published 02/06/2009
Judges
- Before: A. WALLACE TASHIMA and MILAN D. SMITH, JR., Circuit Judges, and GEORGE H. WU, District Judge.
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Betsy Stephens, Albuquerque, NM, for the plaintiff-appellant.
- For Appellees:
- L. Jamala Edwards, Assistant Regional Counsel, Social Security Administration, Seattle, WA, for the defendant-appellee.