BROWNAWELL v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY

No. 07-4405.

554 F.3d 352 (2008)

Kathy J. BROWNAWELL, Appellant v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed December 9, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Rains, Esq., Disability Law Clinic, Carlisle, PA, for Appellant.

Heather Benderson, Esq., Social Security Administration, Philadelphia, PA, for Commissioner of Social Security.

Before: AMBRO, WEIS, and VAN ANTWERPEN, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

VAN ANTWERPEN, Circuit Judge.

Kathy Brownawell appeals the District Court's September 28, 2008 order affirming the Commissioner of Social Security's denial of her claim for Supplemental Security Income ("SSI") under Title XVI of the Social Security Act. Because the decision to deny benefits was improperly based on a number of erroneous facts and discredits the opinions of two examining doctors based on the opinion of a non-examining...

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