
    Terry S. GILMORE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jo Anne B. BARNHART, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee.
    No. 00-16244.
    D.C. No. CV-99-797-SMM.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted Dec. 17, 2001.
    
    Decided Dec. 27, 2001.
    Before SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, TROTT and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       Jo Anne B. Barnhart is substituted for her predecessor, Kenneth S. Apfel, as Commissioner of the Social Security Administration. Fed. R.App. P. 43(c)(2).
    
    
      
       The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Terry Gilmore appeals the district court’s order reversing the Administrative Law Judge’s (“ALJ”) denial of disability benefits and remanding for further proceedings. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review for an abuse of discretion the district court’s decision to remand for further proceedings rather than for immediate payment of benefits, Harman v. Apfel, 211 F.3d 1172, 1173 (9th Cir.2000), and we affirm.

Gilmore contends that the district court abused its discretion by remanding for further proceedings instead of granting benefits. She contends that if her testimony or the medical source opinions are credited, the record supports a finding of disability, and remand for payment of benefits is required.

We conclude that because there are discrepancies and contradictions in the medical record and issues that must be resolved, remand for further proceedings was appropriate and was not an abuse of discretion. See id. at 1180.

AFFIRMED. 
      
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