Owens v. Astrue

Plaintiff appealed the denial of his application for Social Security disability benefits and supplemental security income. The court concluded that the ALJ erred in determining plaintiff's residual functional capacity as "frequent to occasional" handling and fingering, because "frequent" and "occasional" were separate terms of art with distinct meanings. Accordingly, the court reversed and remanded to the district court with directions to remand the case to the Commissioner for clarification of plaintiff's residual functioning capacity and for further proceedings. View "Owens v. Astrue" on Justia Law