Legal Opinion
Charlie Mae SCOTT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Margaret M. HECKLER, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 12, 1985No. 84-4841PublishedCited by 138 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:
An applicant for Social Security disability and supplemental security income (SSI) benefits appeals the Secretary’s determination that she was not disabled within the meaning of the Social Security Act. Because the Secretary gave insufficient weight to the opinion of the applicant’s treating physician, may have improperly dismissed her obesity as a cause of disability because she had failed to lose weight, and may have failed to consider the cumulative impact of all her impairments, we reverse the decision and remand for the Secretary’s reconsideration of all of…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Richardson v. PeralesSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Cohens v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1821
- Geraldine Whitney v. Richard S. Schweiker, Secretary of Health & Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
- Mary Strickland v. Patricia Roberts Harris, Secretary of Health and Human ResourcesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Samuel A. Ferguson v. Richard S. Schweiker, Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
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3Cited by138 opinions
- Donna J. Clifford v. Kenneth S. Apfel, Commissioner of Social SecurityCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2000
- Elizabeth J. HAMMOCK, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis BOWEN, Secretary, Department of Health & Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1989
- Diaz v. Commissioner of Social SecurityCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2009
- Patricia GREENSPAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Donna E. SHALALA, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1994
- Don E. LEGGETT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Shirley E. CHATER, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1995
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