Can a judge overturn a decision made by the Social Security Commissioner regarding disability benefits without remanding the cause for a rehearing?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Scott ex rel. D.S. v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec., Case No. 1:16-cv-00564-SAB (E.D. Cal. 2017):
Under the Social Security Act "courts are empowered to affirm, modify, or reverse a decision by the Commissioner 'with or without remanding the cause for a rehearing.' " Garrison v. Colvin, 759 F.3d 995, 1019 (9th Cir. 2014) (emphasis in original) (quoting 42 U.S.C.
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