GOVERNMENT BENEFITS CASES

• Bowman v. Astrue

U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, January 04, 2008
Bowman v. Astrue, No. 06-6380
Denial of an application for supplemental security income (SSI) benefits under Title XVI of the Social Security Act is reversed and remanded where: 1) an ALJ erred, as a matter of law, in failing to perform a proper analysis at step four of the five-step sequential evaluation process for determining whether a social security claimant is disabled; and 2) the opinion of claimant's primary medical provider, a registered nurse and family nurse practitioner, should be reconsidered in light of SSR 06-03p. Read more...