Opinion
CASE NO. C17-5704 JCC-BAT
01-04-2018
ERIN H. AUE (BROWN), Plaintiff, v. NANCY A BERRYHILL, Defendant.
REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION
The Court has reviewed the parties' stipulated motion to remand and the case record. Dkt. 15. The Court recommends GRANTING the stipulated motion, and REVERSING and REMANDING this case pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) for a de novo hearing. On remand, the Commissioner will re-evaluate Jason Etzel, M.D.'s November 2013 and April 2015 opinions. In doing so, the Commissioner will state what weight is afforded to those opinions and discuss whether the Commissioner is accepting or rejecting the specific limitations in each opinion. Plaintiff shall have the opportunity to submit new evidence.
The district court may consider this stipulated motion immediately.
DATED this 4th day of January, 2018.
/s/_________
BRIAN A. TSUCHIDA
United States Magistrate Judge