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# FI LED APR12 2 010 M OLLY C. DW Y ER, CLERK U . S. C O U R T OF APPE ALSS e e W e b b v . B a rn h a rt, 4 3 3 F .3 d 6 8 3 , 6 8 7 ( 9 th C ir . 2 0 0 5 ) ; T id w e ll v . A p f e l, 1 16 1 F . 3d 59 9, 60 2 (9th C i r. 19 99 ). T i dw e l l , 161 F . 3d a t601. 2 S ee L i ng enfe l t erv. A strue, 50 4 F . 3d 10 28 , 10 35 –3 6 (9th C i r. 20 07 ). 3 P arra v . A stru e, 4 8 1 F . 3 d 7 4 2 , 7 5 0

– 5 1 (9 th C i r. 2 0 0 7 ) (co n serv at i v e co u rse 4 o f tr e a tm e n t a n d m e d ic a l r e c o r d s ) ; R o llin s v . M a s s a n a r i, 2 6 1 F .3 d 8 5 3 , 8 5 7 ( 9 th C i r. 20 01 ) ( m edi ca l re cords) . 2 L a y f i r s ta s s e rt s tha tthe A dm i ni s tr a t i ve L a w J udge f a i l e d t o de ve l op the r e c or d. W e di s a gr e e . W e do a gr e e tha tthe A L J ha s the obl i ga t i on t o de ve l op the re cord. S ee W i dm ark v . B arnh art , 45 4 F . 3d 10 63 , 10 68 (9th C i r. 20 06 ); T onape ty a n v. H a l t e r , 242 F . 3d 1144, 1150 ( 9th C i r . 2001) . H ow e ve r , w he r e the re cord i s a dequ at e and no tam bi gu ou s, the A L J i s notre qu i re d t o p roce ed further 1 and b as ed up on the evi dence athand m aydeci de w hether the cl ai m anthas s u s ta in e d h is b u r d e n . W e h a v e r e v ie w e d th e r e c o r d a n d f in d n o e rr o rin th is 2 r e s p e c t. L a y a ls o a s s e rts th a t th e A L J e rr e d w h e n h e f o u n d th a t L a y ’s s u b

je c tiv e p a in a n d lim ita tio n s te s tim o n y w a s n o t w h o lly c r e d ib le . A g a in , w e d is a g r e e . W h ile the r e w e r e unde r l y i ng c ondi t i ons tha tc oul d be e xpe c t e d t o pr oduc e pa i n, the 3 m edi ca l re cords and the conservat i ve course of tre atm ent suff i ci ent l y s up po rt ed 4 the A L J’ s det erm i nat i on thatL ay ’ s l i m i t at i on s w er e notas grea tas he sa i d they w e r e .W e not e thatthe A pp ea l s C ou nci l di d n oti nd i ca t e thati tw ou l d con si der 5 thatevi dence. S ee 20 C . F . R . § 4 16 . 14 70 (b). H ow ever , i tdi d n otexpres sl y r eturn the m at er i al s t o L ay . S ee 20 C . F . R . § 4 16 . 14 76 (b)( 1). S ee O rn v. A strue, 49 5 F . 3d 62 5, 63 0 (9th C i r. 20 07 ). 6 F orthe f

i r s tt i m e on appe a l , L a y a s s e rt s tha tw ha the di d a s am onk w a s not 7 gai nful w ork act i vi ty. S ee 20 C . F . R . § 4 16 . 97 2(b). W e dec l i ne t o con si der that new l y m i nt ed ar gu m ent . S ee G re ger v. B arnh art , 46 4 F . 3d 96 8, 97 3 (9th C i r. 20 06 ); M eanel v. A pfel , 17 2 F . 3d 11 11 , 11 15 (9th C i r. 19 99 ). 3 L a y a ls o c la im s th a t th e d is tr ic t c o u rt e rr e d w h e n it h e ld th a t L a y h a d to s how good c aus e f

orf a i l i ng t o t i m e l y s ubm i tc e rt a i n e vi de nc e t o the A L J be f or e the di s tr i c tc ourtc oul d c ons i de rtha te vi de nc e . S e e 42 U . S . C . § 405( g) . W e ne e d not c ons i de rtha tc l a i m be c aus e the C om m i s s i one rnow c onc e de s tha ta l l of the e v id e n c e s h o u ld b e ta k e n in to a c c o u n t; it h a d b e e n s u b m itte d to th e A p p e a ls C ounc i l . P a rt i c ul a r l y be c aus e w e r e vi e w the di s tr i c tc ourt ’ s de c i s i on r e ga r di ng the

5 C o m m issio n er ’s d isab il ity d eter m in atio n d e n o v o , in li g h t o f th e C o m m issio n er ’s 6 conces si on , w e w i l l consi der thatevi dence. L aycl ai m s thatthe C om m i ss i on er , at b o th th e A L J le v e l a n d th e A p p e a ls C o u n c il le v e l, e rr e d w h e n h e d e n ie d b e n e f its . W e a g r e e in p a rt. T he A L J de t e rm i ne d tha tba s e d upon w ha tw a s be f or e hi m , L a y ha d the re si du al funct i on al capaci ty t o p er form hi s pri or w ork as aB ud dh i stm on k. B as ed 7 upon the r e c or d tha tw a s be f or e the A L J , w e di s a gr e e w i th the a s s e rt i on tha ttheS ee B at son v . C om m ’ r of S oc. S ec . A dm i n. , 35 9 F . 3d 11 90 , 11 95 (9th C i r. 8 20 04 ); T ho m as v. B arnh art , 27 8 F . 3d 94 7, 95 6– 57 (9th C i r. 20 02 ). L a y a s s e rt s tha tthe hypothe t i c a l s putt o the voc a t i ona l e xpe rtw e r e not 9 com pl et e. H ow ever , they di d cov erthe l i m i t at i on s a cc ept ed by the A L J. S ee R ob bi ns v. S oc. S ec . A dm i n. , 46 6 F . 3d 88 0, 88 6 (9th C i r. 20 06 ). S ee 20 C . F . R . 41 6. 14 76 (b)( 1). 10 4 A L J e rr e d. H e w a s notr e qui r e d t o di s c us s e a c h pi e c e of e vi de nc e , a nd i tdoe s not appe a rtha the a c tua l l y r e j e c t e d pr oba t i ve e vi de nc e . S e e V i nc e nte x r e l . V i nc e ntv. He c k l e r , 7 3 9 F. 2 d 1 3 9 3 , 1 3 9 4

– 9 5 ( 9 th Ci r . 1 9 8 4 ) ( p e rc u r i a m) . Ra th e r , th e ALJ prop er l y r es ol ved con fl i ct s i n the evi dence, and aft erre vi ew i ng the op i ni on of a 8 vo ca t i on al expert , det erm i ned thatL ayw as no tent i t l ed t o b enef i t s. S ub st ant i al ev i d en ce su p p o rt ed th o se d et erm i n at i o n s. 9 H ow e ve r , w e a gr e e a s t o the A ppe a l s C ounc i l ’ s de t e rm i na t i on. T he evi dence before i tshow ed thatL ayhad d ef i ci t s notconsi dere d b y the A L J. T hat e vi de nc e , a m ong othe rthi ngs , de t a i l e d s e ve r e c e rvi c a l s pi ne pr obl e m s a nd m a j or d e p r e s s io n b a s e d u p o n n e w r e p o rts , w h ic h th e A p p e a ls C o u n c il n e ith e rr e tu rn e d to L a y nordi s c us s e d. I n f a c t , the A ppe a l s C ounc i l s pe c i f i c a l l y m e nt i one d onl y one 10 r e port( by D r . H a rry C . H e nde r s on I I I ) a nd de c l a r e d tha tthe r e portw a s not s upport e d by e vi de nc e i n the r e c or d. H ow e ve r , the A ppe a l s C ounc i l m a de no re fe re nce t o the ce rvi ca l spi ne M R I of M ay1, 20 06 , or t o the re po rt s of tw o o therS ee B ray v. C om m ’ r of S oc. S ec . A dm i n. , 55 4 F . 3d 12 19 , 12 29 (9th C i r. 11 20 09 ). 5 d o c to r s ( M ilto n L e s s n e ra n d J a m e s S . G r is o lia ) , a ll o f w h ic h d id le n d s u p p o rt to D r . H e n d e r s o n ’s o p in io n . I t ap p e a r s th a t a t le a s t s o m e o f th e a d d itio n a l m a te r ia ls m ig h t w e ll a f

f e c t th e d is ab ility d e c is io n , b u t w e a r e n o t in ap o s itio n to p r o p e r ly m a k e th a t d e te rm in a tio n . W e a r e , th e r e f o r e , c o n s tr a in e d to r e v e r s e a n d r e m a n d to 11 the di s tr i c tc ourtw i th i ns truc t i ons tha ti tf urthe rr e m a nd t o the C om m i s s i one rf or f urthe rpr oc e e di ngs i n w hi c h a l l of the a ddi t i ona l i nf

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