Monday, October 27, 2008

disability - SSA general objections and remand request rejected

Morales v. Astrue - ED Pa. - October 23, 2008

http://www.paed.uscourts.gov/documents/opinions/08D1252P.pdf

SSA submission of "merely of generalized arguments, disagreeing with the Magistrate Judge’s result...do not impugn the validity of the Magistrate Judge’s Recommendation."

SSA request for remand for further evidentiary development also denied where the facts were fully developed before the ALJ and the Commissioner does not specify what additional evidence might be available.