Heidy C.G. o/b/o A.C.C. v. Commissioner, Social Security

Summary

The United States District Court for the District of Maryland reviewed the denial of children's supplemental security income benefits to A.C.C. The court held that the Administrative Law Judge inadequately analyzed evidence concerning the claimant's standardized test scores and functioning in the domain of acquiring and using information, reversed the decision in part, and remanded for further proceedings under sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g).

Holdings

1. The ALJ committed reversible error by failing to address the claimant's standardized test scores and explain the weight given to that evidence when assessing the claimant's functioning in acquiring and using information.
2. The Commissioner's decision was reversed in part and the case was remanded for further proceedings because of inadequate analysis.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the ALJ adequately evaluated the claimant's limitations in acquiring and using information when determining that the claimant's impairments did not functionally equal a listed impairment.
2. Whether the ALJ adequately evaluated the claimant's subjective complaints.
3. Whether the ALJ properly developed the administrative record.

Disposition

reversed_and_remanded