Legal Opinion
Small v. Astrue
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided January 9, 2012No. Civil Action No. 10-11842-WGYPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
YOUNG, District Judge.
This Court remands this case because the Administrative Law Judge (the “hearing officer”) improperly failed to consider fibromyalgia as a medically determinable impairment at the outset of his decision-making analysis. This Memorandum of Decision focuses on this specific error and the relevant reasons for remanding this case.
I. INTRODUCTION
The plaintiff Sherry Small (“Small”) brings this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1383(c) seeking judicial review of the *460final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security Administration (the “Commissioner”).…
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