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In Sawyer, the only Kansas district court case accepting an SDM opinion as medical evidence, the court did not consider whether an SDM was a medical professional or whether such an opinion was worthy of weight as a medical opinion.
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CIVIL ACTION No. 08-2114-KHV.
March 11, 2009
ORDER
Hubert W. Sawyer, Jr. appeals the final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security to deny childhood disability benefits and supplemental security income. On February 18, 2009, Magistrate Judge Donald W. Bostwick recommended that the Commissioner's decision be reversed and that this case be remanded pursuant to the fourth sentence of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) for further proceedings. See Report And Recommendation (Doc. #16). The deadline for written objections to the report and recommendation was March 4, 2009. See Rules 72(a) and 6(a), Fed.R.Civ.P. The parties have not objected. The Court therefore adopts the Report And Recommendation (Doc. #16) in its entirety.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the Commissioner's decision be and hereby is REVERSED. This case is REMANDED pursuant to the fourth sentence of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g) for further proceedings consistent with the Report And Recommendation (Doc. #16) filed February 18, 2009.