Kirkendoll v. Social Security Administration

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas

Kirkendoll v. Social Security Administration

Trial Court Opinion

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS CENTRAL DIVISION

JASON W. KIRKENDOLL PLAINTIFF

No. 4:19-cv-572-DPM

ANDREW SAUL, Commissioner, Social Security Administration ~DEFENDANT

JUDGMENT The Commissioner’s decision is reversed and the case is remanded to the Social Security Administration with instructions. The record must be developed at step five. The conflict between the vocational expert’s testimony and the dictionary of occupational titles about the effect of Kirkendoll’s ability to reach must be resolved. This is a “sentence four” remand.

42 U.S.C. § 405

(¢); Melkonyan v. Sullivan,

501 U.S. 89, 98, 101-2

(1991).

SPranrtold f- D.P. Marshall Jr. United States District Judge 2a May 2020

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