McLeod v. Astrue, No. 09-35190 (9th Cir. 2011)
Annotate this CasePlaintiff applied at age 51 for supplemental security income based on disability. At issue was whether the administrative law judge ("ALJ") erred by failing to develop the record adequately and should have requested more explanation from two of plaintiff's treating physicians at the Department of Veterans Affairs ("VA"). The court held that the ALJ's failure to assist plaintiff in developing the record by getting his disability determination into the record was probably likely to have been prejudicial because the court gave VA disability determinations great weight. Therefore, the court remanded under sentence four of 42 U.S.C. 405(g), concluding that "the agency erred in some respect in reaching a decision to deny benefits."
This opinion or order relates to an opinion or order originally issued on February 4, 2011.
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