Court Opinion

ID: 9470775
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 03:15:47.424614+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:42:06.168790
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ADAMS, Circuit Judge,
concurring in the judgment.
I agree that the order of the district court should be vacated and the matter remanded for further proceedings, although my reasons for this disposition differ from those of the majority.
The Secretary does not seem to have met his burden of showing that Kent has the capacity to perform sedentary work, but I am reluctant so to conclude without affording the Secretary an opportunity to explain with greater clarity the decision reached in this matter. The ALJ’s explanation of his disposition is obscure, and “[i]t would be improper for us to speculate as to [his] reasoning process.... ” Schaaf v. Mat*117thews, 574 F.2d 157, 160 (3d Cir.1978). Out of an abundance of caution, therefore, I would vacate the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the Secretary, rather than reverse.1

. The Secretary may consider it appropriate to take additional evidence. This is a matter best left to the discretion of the Secretary. Cf. Cotter v. Harris, 642 F.2d 700-707-08 (3d Cir. 1981).