Residual functional capacity

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Mitchell v Astrue, Case No 10-cv-539-PB, Op. No. 2012 DNH 054 (D.N.H., March 13, 2012)

03/13/2012 - Paul Barbadoro, US District Judge -

DRB reviewed and upheld ALJ decision (Step 4 denial may have been error but agreed with ALJ's alternative Step 5 denial finding). ... Read more

Michon v Astrue, Civil Action No. 10-30152-KPN (D. Mass. 2011)

09/14/2011 - Neiman U.S.M.J. -

A thirty five year old claimant filed SSI and SSDI application alleging disability due to learning disabilities, a hip injury, depression... Read more

Carpenter v. Astrue, No. 5:10–cv–249 (D.Vt., Sept. 7, 2011), 169 Soc.Sec.Rep.Serv. 431, 2011 WL 3951623 (D.Vt.)

09/07/2011 - CHRISTINA REISS, Chief Judge -

SSA denied dual applications for SSI and SSDI benefits for a younger individual (at the time of the AOD) with HS education and PRW as a... Read more

McDonnell v. Astrue, 2011 WL 3475466 ( D.Mass., Aug. 8, 2011).

08/08/2011 - SAYLOR, District Judge -

Claimant appealed the Commissioner's denial of her SSDI application arguing that the administrative law judge (“ALJ”) erred by (1) failing... Read more

Chester V. Callahan

01/01/1999 -

Ability to Stoop. Medical records showing treatment limited to 10 months is evidence that impairment did not last the required 12 months.... Read more

Gentle V. Sec'y HHS

01/01/1994 -

Alternating Sitting and Standing. Claimant with ability to alternate between sitting and standing positions found to have sufficient... Read more

Gordils V. Sec'y HHS

01/01/1990 -

ALJ may make common sense judgments about functional capacity based on medical findings as long as he does not overstep the bounds of a lay... Read more

Frustaglia V. Sec'y HHS

01/01/1987 -

Ability to Stoop. Stooping means to "bend forward from the waist." The credibility determination by the ALJ, who observed the claimant,... Read more

Rose v. Sec

09/22/1986 - McNaught, D.J. -

Transportation to Work. At Step 4, test is whether claimant has ability to return to past relevant work performed at substantial gainful... Read more

Lugo V. Sec'y HHS

01/01/1986 -

Cardiac and mental impairments. Although the Secretary is not bound by a psychiatrist's "sweeping conclusion" as to disability, when... Read more

Lancellotta V. Sec'y HHS

01/01/1986 -

Vocatoinal Factors. Stress. "Stress is not a characteristic of a job, but instead reflects an individual's subjective response to a... Read more

Arocho V. Sec'y HHS

01/01/1982 -

Sit-Stand Option. Remand where hypothetical to vocational expert asked about jobs in which the claimant could "alternate position, sit or... Read more

Thomas V. Sec'y HHS

01/01/1981 -

Vocational Factors. Sedentary Job. All sedentary jobs require that a worker have the capacity to remain seated most of the day. Persons who... Read more

Lopez Diaz V. Sec'y HEW

01/01/1978 -

Transportation to Work. Appeal after remand, Lopez-Diaz v. Sec'y HHS, 673 F.2d 13 (1st Cir. 1982). Although distance from work and... Read more

Pelletier V. Sec'y HEW

01/01/1975 -

Environmental Conditions at Work. At Step 4, the claimant bears the burden of showing that he cannot return to his previous work. At Step 5... Read more

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Mitchell v Astrue, Case No 10-cv-539-PB, Op. No. 2012 DNH 054 (D.N.H., March 13, 2012)

03/13/2012 - Paul Barbadoro, US District Judge -

DRB reviewed and upheld ALJ decision (Step 4 denial may have been error but agreed with ALJ's alternative Step 5 denial finding). ... Read more

Michon v Astrue, Civil Action No. 10-30152-KPN (D. Mass. 2011)

09/14/2011 - Neiman U.S.M.J. -

A thirty five year old claimant filed SSI and SSDI application alleging disability due to learning disabilities, a hip injury, depression... Read more

Carpenter v. Astrue, No. 5:10–cv–249 (D.Vt., Sept. 7, 2011), 169 Soc.Sec.Rep.Serv. 431, 2011 WL 3951623 (D.Vt.)

09/07/2011 - CHRISTINA REISS, Chief Judge -

SSA denied dual applications for SSI and SSDI benefits for a younger individual (at the time of the AOD) with HS education and PRW as a... Read more

McDonnell v. Astrue, 2011 WL 3475466 ( D.Mass., Aug. 8, 2011).

08/08/2011 - SAYLOR, District Judge -

Claimant appealed the Commissioner's denial of her SSDI application arguing that the administrative law judge (“ALJ”) erred by (1) failing... Read more

Chester V. Callahan

01/01/1999 -

Ability to Stoop. Medical records showing treatment limited to 10 months is evidence that impairment did not last the required 12 months.... Read more

Gentle V. Sec'y HHS

01/01/1994 -

Alternating Sitting and Standing. Claimant with ability to alternate between sitting and standing positions found to have sufficient... Read more

Gordils V. Sec'y HHS

01/01/1990 -

ALJ may make common sense judgments about functional capacity based on medical findings as long as he does not overstep the bounds of a lay... Read more

Frustaglia V. Sec'y HHS

01/01/1987 -

Ability to Stoop. Stooping means to "bend forward from the waist." The credibility determination by the ALJ, who observed the claimant,... Read more

Rose v. Sec

09/22/1986 - McNaught, D.J. -

Transportation to Work. At Step 4, test is whether claimant has ability to return to past relevant work performed at substantial gainful... Read more

Lugo V. Sec'y HHS

01/01/1986 -

Cardiac and mental impairments. Although the Secretary is not bound by a psychiatrist's "sweeping conclusion" as to disability, when... Read more

Lancellotta V. Sec'y HHS

01/01/1986 -

Vocatoinal Factors. Stress. "Stress is not a characteristic of a job, but instead reflects an individual's subjective response to a... Read more

Arocho V. Sec'y HHS

01/01/1982 -

Sit-Stand Option. Remand where hypothetical to vocational expert asked about jobs in which the claimant could "alternate position, sit or... Read more

Thomas V. Sec'y HHS

01/01/1981 -

Vocational Factors. Sedentary Job. All sedentary jobs require that a worker have the capacity to remain seated most of the day. Persons who... Read more

Lopez Diaz V. Sec'y HEW

01/01/1978 -

Transportation to Work. Appeal after remand, Lopez-Diaz v. Sec'y HHS, 673 F.2d 13 (1st Cir. 1982). Although distance from work and... Read more

Pelletier V. Sec'y HEW

01/01/1975 -

Environmental Conditions at Work. At Step 4, the claimant bears the burden of showing that he cannot return to his previous work. At Step 5... Read more

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Residual functional capacity

Mitchell v Astrue, Case No 10-cv-539-PB, Op. No. 2012 DNH 054 (D.N.H., March 13, 2012)

Michon v Astrue, Civil Action No. 10-30152-KPN (D. Mass. 2011)

Carpenter v. Astrue, No. 5:10–cv–249 (D.Vt., Sept. 7, 2011), 169 Soc.Sec.Rep.Serv. 431, 2011 WL 3951623 (D.Vt.)

McDonnell v. Astrue, 2011 WL 3475466 ( D.Mass., Aug. 8, 2011).

Chester V. Callahan

Gentle V. Sec'y HHS

Gordils V. Sec'y HHS

Frustaglia V. Sec'y HHS

Rose v. Sec

Lugo V. Sec'y HHS

Lancellotta V. Sec'y HHS

Arocho V. Sec'y HHS

Thomas V. Sec'y HHS

Lopez Diaz V. Sec'y HEW

Pelletier V. Sec'y HEW

Mitchell v Astrue, Case No 10-cv-539-PB, Op. No. 2012 DNH 054 (D.N.H., March 13, 2012)

Michon v Astrue, Civil Action No. 10-30152-KPN (D. Mass. 2011)

Carpenter v. Astrue, No. 5:10–cv–249 (D.Vt., Sept. 7, 2011), 169 Soc.Sec.Rep.Serv. 431, 2011 WL 3951623 (D.Vt.)

McDonnell v. Astrue, 2011 WL 3475466 ( D.Mass., Aug. 8, 2011).

Chester V. Callahan

Gentle V. Sec'y HHS

Gordils V. Sec'y HHS

Frustaglia V. Sec'y HHS

Rose v. Sec

Lugo V. Sec'y HHS

Lancellotta V. Sec'y HHS

Arocho V. Sec'y HHS

Thomas V. Sec'y HHS

Lopez Diaz V. Sec'y HEW

Pelletier V. Sec'y HEW

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