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Matamoros v. Colvin

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
Apr 28, 2014
No. CV 13-3964-CW (C.D. Cal. Apr. 28, 2014)

Summary

finding no evidence that plaintiff's treatment for fibromyalgia was conservative where plaintiff was treated with Vicodin, Celebrex, and Flexeril, among other drugs

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Opinion

No. CV 13-3964-CW

04-28-2014

SORAYA C. MATAMOROS, Plaintiff, v. CAROLYN W. COLVIN, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant.


JUDGMENT

IT IS ADJUDGED that this action is remanded to defendant for further proceedings pursuant to Sentence Four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) and consistent with the accompanying Decision and Order.

______________________

CARLA M. WOEHRLE

United States Magistrate Judge


Summaries of

Matamoros v. Colvin

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
Apr 28, 2014
No. CV 13-3964-CW (C.D. Cal. Apr. 28, 2014)

finding no evidence that plaintiff's treatment for fibromyalgia was conservative where plaintiff was treated with Vicodin, Celebrex, and Flexeril, among other drugs

Summary of this case from Ehoff v. Colvin

providing that a claimant's "statements may be less credible if the level or frequency of treatment is inconsistent with the level of complaints" but cautioning that the "adjudicator must not draw any inferences about an individual's symptoms and their functional effects from a failure to seek or pursue regular medical treatment without first considering any explanations that the individual may provide, or other information in the case record, that may explain infrequent or irregular medical visits or failure to seek medical treatment"

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ordering that on remand the ALJ develop the record as to the issue of whether Plaintiff's prescribed treatment for fibromyalgia was conservative

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Case details for

Matamoros v. Colvin

Case Details

Full title:SORAYA C. MATAMOROS, Plaintiff, v. CAROLYN W. COLVIN, Acting Commissioner…

Court:UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Date published: Apr 28, 2014

Citations

No. CV 13-3964-CW (C.D. Cal. Apr. 28, 2014)

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