Legal Opinion
Karen Garrison v. Carolyn W. Colvin
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 14, 2014No. 12-15103PublishedCited by 6,391 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:
Karen Garrison appeals from a denial of Social Security benefits, arguing that the Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) erred in rejecting her symptom testimony and in assigning little weight to the opinions of her treating medical caretakers. In a decision that the Commissioner does not contest, the district court determined that the ALJ erred in assessing the medical opinion evidence and remanded the case for further proceedings. We conclude that the ALJ also erred in discrediting Garrison’s symptom testimony, and that the district court abused its discretion in…
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