Wood v. Berryhill

Filing 15

ORDER REVERSING AND REMANDING FOR FURTHER PROCEEDINGS, adopting 14 Report and Recommendation. Signed by Judge Robert J. Bryan. (JL)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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7 RICHARD CARL WOOD,
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Plaintiff,

Case No. 3:17-cv-5430-RJB-BAT
ORDER REVERSING AND
REMANDING FOR FURTHER
PROCEEDINGS

v.

10 NANCY A. BERRYHILL, Acting
Commissioner of Social Security,
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Defendant.
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The Court after careful consideration of plaintiff’s complaint, the parties’ briefs, the
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Report and Recommendation of the Honorable Brian A. Tsuchida, United States Magistrate
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Judge, and the balance of the record, does hereby find and ORDER:
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The Court adopts the Report and Recommendation (Dkt. 14).
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(2)
The Commissioner’s decision is REVERSED and this case is REMANDED for
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further administrative proceedings under sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). On
remand, the ALJ shall reassess the opinions of Dr. Khaleeq and Dr. Quinci,
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consider the additional evidence submitted to the Appeals Council, reassess Mr.
Wood’s residual functional capacity, and determine whether there are jobs which
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Mr. Wood can perform that exist in significant numbers in the national economy.
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DATED this 13th day of December, 2017.

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ROBERT J. BRYAN
United States District Judge

ORDER REVERSING AND REMANDING
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