STIPULATION FOR VOLUNTARY REMAND PURSUANT TO SENTENCE FOUR OF 42 U.S.C. § 405(g)

ECF No. 19

JENNIFER A. DORSEY, District Judge.

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by the parties, through their undersigned attorneys, that this action be remanded to the Commissioner of Social Security for further administrative action pursuant to section 205(g) of the Social Security Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), sentence four.

Upon remand, the Appeals Council will remand the case to an administrative law judge (ALJ) for a new decision. The Appeals Council will instruct the ALJ to reevaluate the medical-source opinion evidence and provide rationale for either accepting or rejecting the evidence. The ALJ will further evaluate the residual functional capacity and, if warranted, obtain medical expert testimony to assist in the evaluation of Plaintiff's impairments and limitations. Furthermore, if warranted, the ALJ will obtain vocational expert testimony to clarify the effect of the assessed limitations on Plaintiff's occupational base.

ORDER

Based on the parties' stipulation [ECF No. 19] and good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that THIS ACTION IS REMANDED to the Commissioner of Social Security for further administrative action under section 205(g) of the Social Security Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), sentence four, on the terms set forth in the above stipulation. The Clerk of Court is directed to DENY ALL PENDING MOTIONS as moot and CLOSE THIS CASE.