Wallace v. Commissioner of Social Security

Filing 17

ORDER granting 16 Motion to Remand to Social Security Administration. Signed by Honorable Timothy D. DeGiusti on 4/10/2012. (mb, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
WESTERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA
LACIE R. WALLACE,
Plaintiff,
-vsMICHAEL J. ASTRUE
Commissioner Social Security
Administration,
Defendant.

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Case No. CIV-11-896-D

AGREED JUDGMENT AND ORDER OF REMAND
On examination of Defendant’s Motion to Remand [Doc. No. 16] and review of the
case file, the Court finds and decrees:
1. Judgment is entered reversing the Commissioner’s decision and remanding this case for
further administrative action pursuant to sentence four (4) of § 205(g) of the Social
Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). Melkonyan v. Sullivan, 501 U.S. 89 (1991).
2. On remand, an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) will hold a de novo hearing and issue
a new decision. The ALJ will further evaluate Plaintiff’s mental impairments, and, in so
doing, address and evaluate the treating physician’s opinion evidence. If needed, the ALJ
will further consider Plaintiff's mental residual functional capacity, and, if warranted by
the expanded record, obtain supplemental vocational expert evidence.
IT IS SO ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED this 10th day of April, 2012.