Is it a legal error to ignore medical evidence indicating that a claimant has other impairments?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from McNeil v. Berryhill, No. 1:15-cv-01442-AWI-GSA (E.D. Cal. 2018):
first, and then attempt to justify it by ignoring competent evidence in the record that suggests an opposite result. Whitney v. Schweiker, 695 F.2d 784, 788 (7th Cir. 1982)." Gallant v. Heckler, 753 F.2d 1450, 1456 (9th Cir. 1984). It is legal error to ignore medical evidence of a claimant's other impairments without giving specific, legitimate reasons for doing so. Smolen, 80 F.3d at 1282.
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