Opinion
Civil Action 20-5307
04-25-2022
MICHELE ANNE MELTON, Plaintiff v. KILOLO KIJAKAZI, Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, Defendant
ORDER
CAROL SANDRA MOORE WELLS, United States Magistrate Judge
AND NOW, this 25th day of April 2022, for the reasons contained in the court's Memorandum of today, it is hereby ORDERED that Plaintiff's request for review (Document No. 18) is GRANTED, as follows:
1. The case is REMANDED to the Commissioner, pursuant to sentence four of 42 U.S.C. § 405(g).
2. Upon remand: (a) the ALJ shall reconsider whether to accept Dr. Critchlow's opinion that Plaintiff has marked limitation in her ability to interact with coworkers; (b) if so, the ALJ shall formulate a new RFC, include the marked limitation in appropriate hypothetical question(s) posed to the VE, and render a new disability determination; (c) the ALJ shall explicitly determine the weight she will afford to the corroboration provided by Plaintiff's mother in her report and she shall re-evaluate the weight she will afford to Plaintiff's subjective symptoms.