Legal Opinion
Lester v. Chater
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 3, 1995No. 93-36136PublishedCited by 3,902 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REINHARDT, Circuit Judge.
James Lester challenges the Commissioner’s denial of his application for Social Security disability benefits. He argues that the Commissioner erred in failing to take into account the combined impact of his mental and physical impairments in determining whether his condition “equalled” a listed impairment, in disregarding the opinions of his treating physician and examining psychologist, and in rejecting his hearing testimony. We agree with Lester on each of these points. Because the Commissioner would have been compelled to find him disabled if not for these errors,…
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