McDonald v. Commissioner of Social Security

Filing 16

DECISION AND ENTRY ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE (DOC. # 12 ) IN THEIR ENTIRETY; DEFENDANT'S OBJECTIONS TO SAID JUDICIAL FILING (DOC. # 14 )OVERRULED; JUDGMENT TO BE ENTERED IN FAVOR OF PLAINTIFF AND AGAI NST DEFENDANT COMMISSIONER, VACATING COMMISSIONER'S DECISION THAT PLAINTIFF WAS NOT DISABLED AND, THEREFORE, NOT ENTITLED TO BENEFITS UNDER THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT, AND REMANDING THE CAPTIONED CAUSE, PURSUANT TO SENTENCE FOUR OF 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), FOR THE PAYMENT OF BENEFITS CONSISTENT WITH THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT, WITH THE DISABILITY ONSET DATE OF FEBRUARY 6, 2012, AND REMANDING THE CAPTIONED CAUSE TO THE DEFENDANT SECRETARY, PURSUANT TO SENTENCE FOUR OF 42 U.S.C.§ 405(g), FOR FURTHER ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDINGS TO DETERMINE WHETHER PLAINTIFF WAS UNDER A DISABILITY FOR THE PERIOD BETWEEN APRIL 11, 2011, TO FEBRUARY 6, 2012; TERMINATION ENTRY. Signed by Judge Walter H. Rice on 3/23/2016. (ead)