Filed April 5, 2017
Despite this, the ALJ failed to evaluate the severity of Mrs. Burleson’s mental health impairments pursuant to SSA’s special technique. See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520a; Patterson v. Comm'r of SSA, 846 F.3d at 659. Since the ALJ never mentioned Mrs. Burleson’s mental health impairments in her decision, the SSA is precluded from doing so now and the SSA’s final decision should be reversed or remanded for further proceedings to ascertain the limiting effects of her mental health impairments.