Opinion
CIVIL ACTION NO. 12-2375
04-23-2013
AMBER MUNRO, Plaintiff, v. MICHAEL J. ASTRUE, Defendant.
ORDER
AND NOW, this 23rd day of April, 2013, after careful review and independent consideration of Plaintiff's request for review, Defendant's response thereto, Plaintiff's reply and review of the Report and Recommendation of Carol Sandra Moore Wells, Chief United States Magistrate Judge, it is hereby ORDERED that:
1. The Report and Recommendation is APPROVED and ADOPTED;It is so ORDERED.
2. The case is REMANDED to the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration so that the Administrative Law Judge ("ALJ") can conduct additional proceedings consistent with the Report and Recommendation. Specifically, upon remand, the ALJ shall: (a) properly consider Plaintiff's degree of limitation in performing activities of daily living and in social functioning; (b) re-assess Plaintiff's credibility, accurately taking into account Plaintiff's testimony; (c) explicitly consider whether the statement of Plaintiff's mother enhances Plaintiff's credibility; (d) re-assess Plaintiff's residual functional capacity ("RFC"), considering all of Plaintiff's impairments (if the ALJ concludes that Plaintiff has moderate limitation in social functioning, he shall explicitly include that in the RFC); and (e) pose a complete and
accurate hypothetical question to the vocational expert that reflects the new RFC.
BY THE COURT:
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Mitchell S. Goldberg , J.