162849P.pdf   12/28/2017  Carolyn Combs  v.  Nancy A. Berryhill
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  16-2849
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Helena   
   [PUBLISHED] [Kelly, Author, with Smith, Chief Judge, and Sippel, District 
   Judge] 
   Civil case - Social Security. The ALJ failed to fully and fairly develop 
   the record because he relied on his own interpretation of what "no acute 
   distress" and "normal movement of all extremities" meant in in terms of 
   claimant's Residual Functional Capacity;" remanded so the ALJ may conduct 
   further inquiry as to what relevance claimant's being in "no acute 
   distress" and "having normal movement of all extremities" has for her 
   ability to function in the workplace. Chief Judge Smith, dissenting. 
  
162849P.pdf   08/21/2017  Carolyn Combs  v.  Nancy A. Berryhill
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  16-2849
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Helena   
   [PUBLISHED] [Kelly, Author, with Smith, Chief Judge, and Sippel, District 
   Judge. Civil case - Social Security. There was no opinion from the 
   treating physicians on the crucial issue of whether claimant was limited 
   to sedentary work or could perform light work, and the ALJ erred in 
   relying on his own inferences about what the medical providers meant when 
   they noted in claimant's medical records that claimant was not in acute 
   distress and had normal movement of her extremities; by relying on his own 
   inferences and failing to seek clarification from claimant's medical 
   providers, the ALJ failed to satisfy his duty to fully and fairly develop 
   the record; remanded for further proceedings. Chief Judge Smith, 
   dissenting.