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POTIER v. U.S. COMMISSIONER, SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, 6:16-cv-00144. (2017)

Court: District Court, W.D. Louisiana Number: infdco20170424711 Visitors: 15
Filed: Mar. 22, 2017
Latest Update: Mar. 22, 2017
Summary: JUDGMENT DONALD E. WALTER , District Judge . This matter was referred to United States Magistrate Judge Carol B. Whitehurst for Report and Recommendation. After an independent review of the record, and noting the absence of any objections, this Court concludes that the Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge is correct and adopts the findings and conclusions therein as its own. IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED, that the Commissioner's decision is REMANDED to the Commissioner for furth
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JUDGMENT

This matter was referred to United States Magistrate Judge Carol B. Whitehurst for Report and Recommendation. After an independent review of the record, and noting the absence of any objections, this Court concludes that the Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge is correct and adopts the findings and conclusions therein as its own.

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED, that the Commissioner's decision is REMANDED to the Commissioner for further administrative action pursuant to the fourth sentence of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) for further administrative proceedings with instructions to properly weigh the opinions of the claimant's treating orthopedic surgeon, Dr. John Sledge, to reevaluate the claimant's residual functional capacity, and to reevaluate whether there are jobs in the economy that the claimant can perform.

Source:  Leagle

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