Case Name: Chris P. BAUER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jo Anne BARNHART, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2006-02-24
Citations: 168 F. App'x 719
Docket Number: No. 05-3580
Parties: Chris P. BAUER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jo Anne BARNHART, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee.
Judges: Before COLE, CLAY, GIBBONS, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 168
Pages: 719–719

Head Matter:
Chris P. BAUER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jo Anne BARNHART, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 05-3580.
United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.
Feb. 24, 2006.
Mark R. Naegel, Kondritzer, Gold, Frank & Crowley, Cincinnati, OH, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
Henry S. Kramzyk, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.
Before COLE, CLAY, GIBBONS, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
OPINION
PER CURIAM.
Chris P. Bauer appeals the district court's order remanding his Social Security benefits claim to the Administrative Law Judge ("ALJ"), pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 405(g). The district court found that "remand is necessary to perform a proper evaluation so as to determine whether plaintiffs impairments [meet] or equal the Listing." Furthermore, the court held that even if Bauer does not meet the relevant Listing at step three, the testimony of the vocational expert must be compared to the Dictionary of Occupational Titles, in accordance with Social Security Regulation 00-4p. We agree, and accordingly affirm the district court's order on that court's reasoning.
On remand, the ALJ should proceed in accordance with the opinion of the district court, and should solicit and entertain medical evidence as to whether Bauer meets Listing 1.04A, effective February 19, 2002. Bauer's claim should not be subject to denial merely because, in the ALJ's words, "some of the required findings have occasionally been reported, but they were not consistently present." Listing 1.04A has, among other things, dropped the requirement of the previous Listing (1.05C) that symptoms persists "for at least 3 months despite prescribed therapy."
The opinion of the district court is hereby AFFIRMED.