SMALL v. ASTRUE

Civil Action No. 10-11842-WGY.

840 F.Supp.2d 458 (2012)

Sherry SMALL, Plaintiff, v. Michael J. ASTRUE, Commissioner, Social Security Administration, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

January 9, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clare D. McGorrian , Law Office of Clare D. McGorrian, Medford, MA, for Plaintiff.

Rachael S. Rollins , United States Attorney's Office, Boston, MA, for Defendant.


MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

YOUNG, District Judge.

This Court remands this case because the Administrative Law Judge (the "hearing officer") improperly failed to consider fibromyalgia as a medically determinable impairment at the outset of his decisionmaking analysis. This Memorandum of Decision focuses on this specific error and the relevant reasons for remanding this case.

I. INTRODUCTION

The plaintiff Sherry Small ("Small") brings...

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