Responsibility for assessing your residual functional capacity

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Citation 20 C.F.R. §404.1546
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6 cases
  • Ford v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec., Civ. No. 2:12-cv-3857 (KM)
    • United States
    • U.S. District Court — District of New Jersey
    • March 31, 2014
    ...and medical source opinions must be considered, but the final responsibility for determining a claimant's RFC rests with the ALJ. See 20 CFR § 404.1546. As discussed above, see Part II.C.2.a, the ALJ had the authority and obligation to consider and weigh the opinion evidence in the record. ......
  • Davidson v. Berryhill, CIVIL ACTION No. 17-2139-JWL
    • United States
    • U.S. District Court — District of Kansas
    • March 20, 2018
    ...20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a). Moreover, the final responsibility for determining RFC rests with the Commissioner. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1527(e)(2), 404.1546. Here, although the ALJ discounted part of Dr. Eplee's opinion, she did not substitute her "medical expertise" for that of Dr. Eplee. Rather, as......
  • Haws v. Berryhill, CIVIL ACTION NO. 4:17-CV-00114-HBB
    • United States
    • U.S. District Court — Western District of Kentucky
    • June 5, 2018
    ...Law Judge's ultimate determination of what a claimant can still do despite his physical and mental limitations. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1545(a), 404.1546. An Administrative Law Judge makes this assessment based on a consideration of medical source statements and all other evidence in the case reco......
  • Logan v. Berryhill, CIVIL ACTION NO. 17-00509-B
    • United States
    • U.S. District Court — Southern District of Alabama
    • March 27, 2019
    ...her impairments and must be supported by substantial evidence. See Beech v. Apfel, 100 F. Supp. 2d 1323, 1331 (S.D. Ala. 2000) (citing 20 C.F.R. § 404.1546 and Lewis v. Callahan, 125 F.3d 1436, 1440 (11th Cir. 1997)); Saunders v. Astrue, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 39571, *10, 2012 WL 997222, *4 ......
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