Legal Opinion
Lockwood v. Commissioner Social Security Administration
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 16, 2010No. 09-35546PublishedCited by 166 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BEA, Circuit Judge:
The issue in this case is whether an administrative law judge (“ALJ”) erred when she failed to explain in her written decision why she treated a social security disability benefits claimant as being a person closely approaching advanced age instead of treating the claimant as being a person of advanced age. We hold the ALJ did not err because she was required by regulation only to consider whether to use the older age category. The ALJ satisfied this requirement.
Social security regulations divide claimants into three age categories: younger persons (those persons…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Ring v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
- Christensen v. Harris CountySupreme Court of the United States · 2000
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