Laursen

MEMORANDUM **

Plaintiff-Appellant Barbara Laursen appeals the denial of her disability benefits. Laursen requests that the court reverse the decision of the district court and either order the payment of her benefits or remand the case for further proceedings. We reverse and remand for further proceedings. Because the parties are familiar with the factual and procedural history of this case, we will not recount it here.

Upon de novo review of an order upholding a denial of benefits, the court may reverse if it concludes that the Commissioner’s decision is “not supported by substantial evidence or is based on legal error.” Fl aten v. Secretary of Health & Human Servs., 44 F.3d 1453, 1457 (9th Cir.1995). “In determining whether the Commissioner’s findings are supported by substantial evidence, [the court] must review the administrative record as a whole, weighing both the evidence that supports and the evidence that detracts from the Commissioner’s conclusion.” Reddick v. Chater, 157 F.3d 715, 720 (9th Cir.1998). The ultimate conclusions of treating physicians must be given great weight and can *312 not be disregarded unless clear and convincing reasons for doing so exist and are…