Legal Opinion

Paula Graves v. Carolyn Colvin, Acting Cmsnr

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided September 21, 2016No. 16-10340PublishedCited by 47 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

STEPHEN A. HIGGINSON, Circuit Judge:

Paula Sue Graves appeals the district court’s affirmance of an agency decision that she is not disabled, and therefore is not entitled to disability insurance benefits. Graves argues that the administrative law judge (ALJ) who reviewed her ease erred by failing to ask a testifying vocational expert whether her testimony was consistent with the Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT), as required by an agency policy interpretation ruling, but nonetheless relying on that testimony. Finding no reversible error, we affirm.

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In August 2011, Graves filed…

2Cases cited12 opinions

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  2. Eshagh Massachi v. Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of the Social Security AdministrationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2007
  3. Terry v. AstrueCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2009
  4. Elbert L. BOWLING, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Donna E. SHALALA, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1994
  5. Manuel M. Villa v. Louis W. Sullivan, Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990

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