Renee Agnew-Currie v. Carolyn W. Colvin

MEMORANDUM

Claimant Renee Elizabeth Agnew-Cur-rie appeals the district court’s order remanding this case pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405 (g) for the administrative law judge (“ALJ”) to reconsider all evidence in this case. We affirm.

1. The government argues that we must accept the ALJ’s adverse credibility determination for purposes of this appeal. Although we doubt that our review is so constrained, we need not decide the issue here because we reach the same conclusion either way. Assuming that we have the authority to review the ALJ’s adverse credibility determination, substantial evidence supports that determination because the ALJ provided “specific, clear and convincing reasons.” Molina v. Astrue, 674 F.3d 1104, 1112 (9th Cir.2012) (internal quotation marks omitted).

2. As the government conceded in its motion to remand for good cause, the ALJ failed to provide sufficient reasons for rejecting the medical opinions of Dr. Mildred DeJesus, Dr. Teresa Lanier, Nurse Lois Henderson, and Dr. Howard Mason. Because those opinions may have depended, in whole or in part, on Claimant’s self-reported symptoms, we affirm the district court’s decision to remand this case…