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Maxwell v. Astrue

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI EASTERN DIVISION
Jul 13, 2012
Case No. 4:11CV1596 JAR (LMB) (E.D. Mo. Jul. 13, 2012)

Summary

concluding that an RFC assessment by a nonexamining state agency consultant was not substantial evidence in part because it did not take into account critical evidence after the date of the assessment

Summary of this case from Cook v. Astrue

Opinion

Case No. 4:11CV1596 JAR (LMB)

07-13-2012

CARLA MAXWELL, Plaintiff, v. MICHAEL J. ASTRUE, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant.


ORDER

This matter is before the Court on the Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge Lewis M. Blanton, filed June 25, 2012 [ECF No. 21]. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636, the Court referred this matter to Magistrate Judge Blanton. Magistrate Judge Blanton recommends that the Court reverse and remand this matter to the Commissioner for further proceedings, pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). Neither party has filed objections or otherwise responded to the Report and Recommendation.

After review of the entire record in this matter, the Court concurs in the Magistrate Judge's findings, and will adopt the Report and Recommendation. Accordingly, the Court will reverse and remand this matter to the Commissioner for further administrative proceedings. Specifically, the Administrative Law Judge shall accord the proper weight to the opinion of Plaintiff's treating psychiatrist, Dr. Vadim Baram, formulate a new residual functional capacity (RFC) for Plaintiff consistent with the medical evidence of record, and obtain vocational testimony to determine whether Plaintiff is capable of performing work in the national economy with her RFC. (Doc. No 21, pp. 32-33).

Accordingly,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge [21] is adopted and incorporated herein.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), this matter is reversed and remanded to the Commissioner for further proceedings consistent with the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation and with this Order. A separate Order of Remand shall accompany this Order.

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JOHN A. ROSS

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE


Summaries of

Maxwell v. Astrue

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI EASTERN DIVISION
Jul 13, 2012
Case No. 4:11CV1596 JAR (LMB) (E.D. Mo. Jul. 13, 2012)

concluding that an RFC assessment by a nonexamining state agency consultant was not substantial evidence in part because it did not take into account critical evidence after the date of the assessment

Summary of this case from Cook v. Astrue
Case details for

Maxwell v. Astrue

Case Details

Full title:CARLA MAXWELL, Plaintiff, v. MICHAEL J. ASTRUE, Commissioner of Social…

Court:UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI EASTERN DIVISION

Date published: Jul 13, 2012

Citations

Case No. 4:11CV1596 JAR (LMB) (E.D. Mo. Jul. 13, 2012)

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