Aragon v. Berryhill

2 Citing cases

  1. Anastasia F v. O'Malley

    5:23-CV-637 (MJK) (N.D.N.Y. Apr. 22, 2024)   Cited 2 times

    An ALJ must rely on medical providers to determine a claimant's medical condition. Aragon v. Berryhill, No. CV 17-554 SCY, 2019 WL 251736, at *5 (D.N.M. Jan. 17, 2019). Here, there is simply no medical evidence in the record that directly addresses the plaintiff's obesity and whether her obesity causes limitations other than the musculoskeletal impairments that were assessed by the ALJ.

  2. Tafoya v. Saul

    CV No. 19-920 CG (D.N.M. Jun. 26, 2020)

    Similarly, courts have held that a restriction on workplace changes or simple decisions, or some combination therein, does not adequately encapsulate a moderate limitation in the ability to complete a normal workday and workweek. See, e.g., Peralta v. Saul, No. CV 19-670 CG, 2020 WL 2394050, at *5-6 (D.N.M. May 12, 2020) (finding that a RFC restriction to "simple decisions with few workplace changes" did not account for a moderate limitation in this same area); Aragon v. Berryhill, No. CV 17-554 SCY, 2019 WL 251736, at *7 (D.N.M. Jan. 17, 2019) (finding an RFC restriction to simple work-related decisions with few workplace changes did not adequately account for a moderate limitation in this area). Taken together, these cases indicate that neither a limitation to simple, routine and repetitive tasks nor few workplaces changes and simple work-related decisions adequately accounts for a moderate limitation in the ability to complete a normal workday and workweek.