Filed March 19, 2014
It is the ALJ’s obligation to assess RFC based upon the record in its entirety, and as fact-finder it is the ALJ’s duty to resolve conflicts in the evidence. See SSR 96-5p, 1996 WL 374183 (S.S.A.), at *5 (1996); 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1545(a)(1), 416.945(a)(1); 404.
Filed April 5, 2017
Even if a claimant’s medically determinable impairments are not severe, however, the SSA must consider the limiting effects of all of a claimant’s impairments in formulating a claimant’s residual functional capacity (“RFC”). 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(e). In considering the claimant’s severe and non-severe impairments, the SSA must evaluate all relevant record evidence.
Filed November 16, 2016
However, it is the functional limitations caused by his impairments, not the impairments themselves, which affect a claimant’s ability to work. See 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1545(a), 416.945(a); McCruter v. Bowen, 791 F.2d 1544, 1547 (11th Cir. 1986) (severity of impairments must be measured in terms of their effect on the ability to work, not from purely medical standards of bodily perfection or normality).
Filed January 8, 2014
1512(c) ("You must provide medical evidence showing that you have an impairment(s) and how severe it is during the time you say you are disabled."); 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(3) ("[Ylou are responsible for providing the evidence we will use to make a finding about your [RFC].").