20 C.F.R. § 404.1520

At step four, the ALJ must assess whether the claimant's residual functional capacity permits performance of past relevant work.

Fiedler v. Colvin · filed 2014-09-30(a)(4)(iv)

At step four in the five-step sequential analysis, the ALJ must consider whether the plaintiff has the RFC to perform his or her past relevant work. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iv). In order to survive step four, “the claimant has the burden to show an inability to return to her previous specific job and an inability to perform her past relevant work generally. This inquiry requires separate evaluations of the previous specific job and the job as it is generally performed.”

At step four, the ALJ determines whether the claimant can perform past relevant work in light of her impairments, symptoms consistent with the evidence, and residual functional capacity; if she can, she is not disabled.

Simmons v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2015-05-08(a)(4)(iv)

At the fourth step of the sequential analysis, the ALJ must determine whether the claimant’s impairments prevent her from doing her past relevant work, taking into consideration the claimant’s symptoms to the extent that they are consistent with objective medical and other evidence. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(a)(4)(iv), (e)-(f); 404.1560(b)(2).

At step four, § 404.1520(e) requires the ALJ to determine residual functional capacity while considering all relevant medical and non-medical evidence, including the effects of impairments that are not severe.

Quick Bear v. Colvin · filed 2015-09-04(a)(4), (e)

The Social Security Administration established a five-step sequential evaluation process for determining whether an individual is disabled. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(a)(4) and 416.920(a). ... Before considering step four of the evaluation process, the ALJ is required to determine a claimant’s residual functional capacity (“RFC”). 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(e) and 416.920(e). RFC is a claimant’s ability to do physical and mental work activities on a sustained basis despite any limitations from her impairments. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1545(a)(1) and 416.945(a). In making this finding, the ALJ must consider all of the claimant’s impairments, including those which are not severe. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1545(e) and 416.945(e). All of the relevant medical and non-medical evidence in the record must be considered. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(e), 404.1545, 416.920(e), and 416.945.

At step four, § 404.1520(f) requires comparing the claimant's residual functional capacity with the physical and mental demands of past relevant work and finding the claimant not disabled if the claimant can still do that work.

Moreno v. Colvin · filed 2016-04-11(f)

Your impairment must prevent you from doing past relevant work [ (“PEW”) ]. If we cannot make a determination at the first three steps of the sequential evaluation process, we will compare our residual functional capacity assessment, which we made under paragraph (e) of this section, with the physical and mental demands of your past relevant work. See paragraph (h) of this section and § 404.1560(b). If you can still do this kind of work, we will find that you are not disabled.

Section 404.1520(e) requires the Commissioner to determine at step four whether a claimant's residual functional capacity permits performance of past relevant work.

Hann v. Commissioner Social Security Administration · filed 2016-11-09(e)

In step four, the Commissioner determines whether the claimant, despite any impairment(s), has the residual functional capacity to perform “past relevant work.” ... If the claimant cannot perform past relevant work, the burden shifts to the Commissioner. ... The ALJ ignored testimony from the Vocational Expert (VE) that a medical transcriptionist cannot be adequately productive if that individual must be able to sit or stand at will, as directed in the ALJ’s RFC. ... The Court agrees with the parties that the ALJ erred.

At step four, the disability determination requires using the claimant’s residual functional capacity to decide whether the claimant can perform past relevant work.

Brown-Gaudet-Evans v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2016-12-08(a)(4)

SSA regulations outline a five-step process used to determine whether a claimant is disabled. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4). Part of this process required the ALJ to perform an RFC assessment based on all the relevant evidence in a claimant’s record. Id. § 416.945(a). The fourth step of the process required the ALJ to use the RFC assessment to determine whether Brown-Gaudet-Evans could perform past relevant work, which in her case was “light work.” See id.; id. § 404.1567(b).

Subsection (c) uses a de minimis threshold for deciding whether an impairment significantly limits basic work activities, while subsection (e) requires a separate residual-functional-capacity assessment when the impairment does not meet or equal a listing.

Johnson v. Berryhill · filed 2017-02-15(c), (e)

At step two, the ALJ determines whether the claimant has a medically severe impairment—that is, an impairment that “significantly limits a claimant’s physical or mental ability to do basic work activities.” Allman v. Colvin, 813 F.3d 1326, 1330 (10th Cir. 2016) (brackets omitted) (quoting 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(c)). But at that point in the sequential evaluation process, the required showing is de minimis, id., and does not account for the ALJ’s assessment, at step four, of a claimant’s ability to work at a given exertional level, see 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(e) (explaining that if claimant has an impairment that does not meet or equal a listing, the ALJ will assess claimant’s RFC to determine disability at steps four and five of the evaluation process). Thus, a finding that an impairment is severe at step two is not determinative of the claimant’s RFC and cannot substitute for a proper step-four analysis.

Section 404.1520(a)(4)(iv) directs the step-four inquiry to whether the claimant's residual functional capacity permits her to perform her past relevant work; if so, she is not disabled.

Breton v SSA · filed 2017-03-27(a)(4)(iv)

At step four, the ALJ must consider the claimant’s RFC and her past relevant work. See 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(a)(4)(iv), (f), 404.1560(b). The ALJ may use a vocational expert to obtain evidence about whether the claimant is able to do her past relevant work, given the vocational expert’s knowledge of its physical and mental demands. § 404.1560(b)(2). “[A] vocational expert or specialist may offer expert opinion testimony in response to a hypothetical question about whether a person with the physical and mental limitations imposed by the claimant’s medical impairment(s) can meet the demands of [her] previous work . . . .” Id. If the claimant has the RFC to do her past relevant work, including as generally performed in the national economy, she is considered able to do it and not disabled. §§ 404.1520(a)(4)(iv); 404.1560(b).

The sequential evaluation requires the ALJ to determine a claimant’s residual functional capacity before reaching the step-four assessment of past relevant work.

Farmer v. Social Security Administration Commissioner · filed 2017-11-20(a)(4)(iv)

Prior to Step Four of the sequential analysis in a disability determination, the ALJ is required to determine a claimant’s RFC. See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iv).

At step four, the ALJ must assess the claimant's residual functional capacity and ability to return to past relevant work, determining the RFC from all relevant medical and other evidence.

Johnson v. Berryhill · filed 2017-11-09(a)(4)(iv) (e)

At Step Four, the ALJ must assess: (1) the claimant's residual functional capacity (“RFC”); and (2) the claimant's ability to return to her past relevant work. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iv). As for the claimant's RFC, the regulations define RFC as that which an individual is still able to do despite the limitations caused by his or her impairments. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a). Moreover, the ALJ will “assess and make a finding about [the claimant's] residual functional capacity based on all the relevant medical and other evidence” in the case. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(e).

Section 404.1520(a)(4)(iv) requires the ALJ to determine a claimant’s residual functional capacity before deciding whether the claimant can perform past relevant work.

James v. Social Security Administration Commissioner · filed 2017-12-07(a)(4)(iv)

Prior to Step Four of the sequential analysis in a disability determination, the ALJ is required to determine a claimant’s RFC. See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iv).

Section 404.1520(a)(4)(iv) requires the ALJ to determine the claimant’s residual functional capacity before evaluating whether the claimant can perform past relevant work at step four.

Blake v. Social Security Administration Commissioner · filed 2018-01-18(a)(4)(iv)

Prior to Step Four of the sequential analysis in a disability determination, the ALJ is required to determine a claimant’s RFC. See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iv).

At step four, the ALJ must assess the claimant’s residual functional capacity and ability to perform past relevant work, using all relevant medical and other evidence; the RFC also informs the step-five assessment.

Barnes v. Berryhill · filed 2018-01-08(a)(4)(iv), (e)

At Step Four, the ALJ must assess: (1) the claimant's residual functional capacity (“RFC”); and (2) the claimant's ability to return to her past relevant work. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iv). ... Moreover, the ALJ will “assess and make a finding about [the claimant's] residual functional capacity based on all the relevant medical and other evidence” in the case. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(e).

At step four, the Commissioner must determine the claimant’s residual functional capacity before deciding whether the claimant can perform past relevant work.

Roberson v. Social Security Administration Commissioner · filed 2018-02-20(a)(4)(iv)

Prior to Step Four of the sequential analysis in a disability determination, the ALJ is required to determine a claimant’s RFC. See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iv). This RFC determination must be based on medical evidence that addresses the claimant’s ability to function in the workplace. See Stormo v. Barnhart, 377 F.3d 801, 807 (8th Cir. 2004).

Section 404.1520(a)(4)(iv) requires the ALJ to determine a claimant’s residual functional capacity before proceeding to Step Four of the disability analysis.

Salazar v. Social Security Administration Commissioner · filed 2018-02-22(a)(4)(iv)

Prior to Step Four of the sequential analysis in a disability determination, the ALJ is required to determine a claimant’s RFC. See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iv).

Section 404.1520(f) places the burden on the claimant at step four to show that she cannot perform her past relevant work.

Kern v. Berryhill · filed 2018-03-15(f)

Kern argues that the ALJ failed to make specific findings regarding the physical and mental demands of her past relevant work, as required at step four. At step four, the plaintiff bears the burden to show that she cannot perform her past relevant work. See 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(f) and 404.1560(b)(2). An ALJ may elicit testimony from a vocational expert to evaluate a claimant’s capacity to perform past relevant work.

Section 404.1520(a)(4)(iv) requires the ALJ to determine a claimant’s residual functional capacity before proceeding to Step Four of the sequential disability analysis.

Dorrough v. Social Security Administration Commissioner · filed 2018-04-09(a)(4)(iv)

Prior to Step Four of the sequential analysis in a disability determination, the ALJ is required to determine a claimant’s RFC. See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iv).

Section 404.1520(a)(4)(iv) requires the ALJ to determine a claimant’s residual functional capacity before deciding at step four whether the claimant can perform past relevant work.

Patterson v. Social Security Administration Commissioner · filed 2018-04-17(a)(4)(iv)

Prior to Step Four of the sequential analysis in a disability determination, the ALJ is required to determine a claimant’s RFC. See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iv).

At step four, the ALJ must assess the claimant's residual functional capacity and ability to perform past relevant work; a claimant who can return to past relevant work is not disabled.

Mullen v. Acting Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2018-05-22(a)(4)(iv)

At step four of the analysis, the ALJ must assess the claimant’s RFC and ability to perform past relevant work. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iv). ... If the claimant is able to return to her past relevant work, she is not disabled. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iv), (f).

Section 404.1520(a)(4)(iv) requires the ALJ at step four to assess the claimant’s residual functional capacity and ability to return to past relevant work.

Williams v. Berryhill · filed 2018-07-02(a)(4)(iv)

At Step Four, the ALJ must assess: (1) the claimant's residual functional capacity (“RFC”); and (2) the claimant's ability to return to her past relevant work. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iv).

Section 404.1520(f) requires an ALJ at step four to compare the claimant's residual functional capacity with the physical and mental demands of the claimant's past relevant work.

Reed v. Berryhill · filed 2018-10-09(f)

During step four of the sequential evaluation process, which determines if a claimant is disabled, an ALJ must compare its RFC assessment with the physical and mental demands of the claimant's past relevant work.

Section 404.1520(e) requires the ALJ to assess a claimant’s residual functional capacity before proceeding to step four, with the assessment accounting for all relevant limitations.

Dauer v. Berryhill · filed 2018-09-26(e)

Before considering step four of the evaluation process, the ALJ is required to determine a claimant’s residual functional capacity (“RFC”). 20 CFR § 404.1520(e). RFC is a claimant’s ability to do physical and mental work activities on a sustained basis despite any limitations from her impairments. 20 CFR §§ 404.1545(a)(1). In making this finding, the ALJ must consider all the claimant’s impairments, including those which are not severe. 20 CFR § 404.1545(e). All the relevant medical and non-medical evidence in the record must be considered. 20 CFR §§ 404.1520(e) and 404.1545.

Section 404.1520(a)(4)(iv) ends the sequential evaluation at step four and requires a finding of not disabled when the claimant can still perform past relevant work.

Taylor v. Berryhill · filed 2018-10-29(a)(4)(iv)

But, in this case, the evaluation process ends at Step Four because the ALJ appropriately found the Plaintiff could perform his past work. See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iv) (“If you can still do your past relevant work, we will find that you are not disabled.”); Kemp ex rel. Kemp v. Colvin, 743 F.3d 630, 632 n.1 (8th Cir. 2014) (“The evaluation process ends if a determination of disabled or not disabled can be made at any step”).

At step four, § 404.1520(a)(4)(iv) requires the ALJ to assess the claimant’s residual functional capacity and ability to perform past relevant work, and § 404.1520(e) requires the RFC finding to be based on all relevant medical and other evidence.

Wilson v. Berryhill · filed 2019-01-30(a)(4)(iv), (e)

At Step Four, the ALJ must assess: (1) the claimant's residual functional capacity (“RFC”); and (2) the claimant's ability to return to her past relevant work. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iv). As for the claimant's RFC, the regulations define RFC as that which an individual is still able to do despite the limitations caused by his or her impairments. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a). Moreover, the ALJ will “assess and make a finding about [the claimant's] residual functional capacity based on all the relevant medical and other evidence” in the case. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(e).

At Step Four, the residual functional capacity finding determines the most a claimant can do despite her functional limitations.

Bond v. Berryhill · filed 2019-04-11(a)(4)(iv)

The RFC finding at Step Four determines the most the claimant can do despite her functional limitations. See 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(a)(4)(iv), 404.1545, 416.920(a)(4)(iv), 416.945.

At step four of the disability evaluation, the ALJ uses the claimant’s residual functional capacity to determine whether the claimant can perform past relevant work.

Packer v. Social Security Administration Commissioner · filed 2019-05-06(a)(4)(iv)

Prior to Step Four of the sequential analysis in a disability determination, the ALJ is required to determine a claimant’s RFC. See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iv).

At step four, the regulation requires evaluation of a claimant’s residual functional capacity and ability to return to past relevant work.

Johnson v. Berryhill · filed 2019-05-28(a)(4)(iv)

At step four of the sequential process, the ALJ evaluates a claimant’s RFC and ability to return to past relevant work. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(a)(4)(iv) & 416.920(a)(4)(iv).

Section 404.1520(e) requires the ALJ at step four to determine the demands of the claimant's former work and compare them with the claimant's residual functional capacity.

Martinez v. Berryhill · filed 2019-08-02(e)

At step four, the ALJ is required to determine the demands of the claimant’s former work and to compare those demands with her RFC. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(e).

At step four, § 404.1520 requires determining whether a claimant's residual functional capacity permits performance of past relevant work, and § 404.1520(f) provides that a claimant who can perform that work is not disabled.

Rivera v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2019-08-06(a)(4)(iv), (f)

At step four, the Commissioner must determine whether the claimant’s RFC permits the claimant to perform his or her “past relevant work.” 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iv). ... If the claimant can perform his or her past relevant work, the claimant is not disabled. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(f).

At step four, the Commissioner must compare a claimant’s residual functional capacity with the physical and mental demands of past relevant work; if the claimant can still do that work, the claimant is not disabled.

THOMAS v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY · filed 2019-08-06(f)

SSA regulations require the Commissioner to compare a claimant’s RFC with the physical and mental demands of the claimant’s past relevant work, and if the claimant “can still do this kind of work,” the claimant will not be found disabled. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(f).

Section 404.1520(a)(4)(iv) requires the ALJ, at step four of the disability evaluation, to assess the claimant’s residual functional capacity and ability to perform past relevant work.

Woodward v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2019-08-16(a)(4)(iv)

At step four of the sequential evaluation process, the ALJ is required to assess the claimant’s RFC and her ability to perform past relevant work. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(a)(4)(iv), 404.1545.

At step four, the administrative law judge compares the claimant’s residual functional capacity with the demands of past relevant work; inability to perform that work leads to step five, while ability to perform it results in a finding of no disability.

Griffin v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2019-08-27(f)

At step four of the sequential evaluation, the administrative law judge must determine whether the claimant can still perform her past relevant work by comparing the residual functional capacity determination to the physical and mental demands of the claimant’s past relevant work. 20 C.F.R. § 4040.1520(f). If a claimant can still perform her past relevant work, she will not be found disabled. Id.; 20 C.F.R. § 404.1560(b)(3). If a claimant cannot still perform her past relevant work, then the administrative law judge continues to step five to consider whether the claimant can make an adjustment to any other work. Id. at (c).

At step four, the Commissioner determines the claimant’s residual functional capacity before deciding whether the claimant can continue in prior work.

Lugo v. Saul · filed 2019-09-12(a)(4)(iv)

At step four, the Commissioner determines the claimant’s RFC before deciding if the claimant can continue in his or her prior type of work. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iv).

Section 404.1520(a)(4)(iv) and (e) requires the ALJ, at step four, to assess the claimant's residual functional capacity and ability to perform past relevant work using all relevant medical and other evidence.

Hall v. Saul · filed 2019-09-13(a)(4)(iv), (e)

At Step Four, the ALJ must assess: (1) the claimant's residual functional capacity (“RFC”); and (2) the claimant's ability to return to her past relevant work. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iv). ... In determining whether [a claimant] can return to her past relevant work, the ALJ must determine the claimant's RFC using all relevant medical and other evidence in the case. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(e). ... Therefore, if obesity was a medically determinable impairment, even if non-severe, the ALJ was required to consider it after Step Two.

At step four of the disability evaluation, the impairment must prevent the claimant from doing past relevant work, and the claimant bears the burden of establishing the residual functional capacity used in that assessment.

Stomer v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2019-09-13(f)

Fourth, the impairment must prevent the claimant from doing past relevant work. 20 C.F.R. §§ 416.920(f), 404.1520(f). The burden rests with the claimant at this fourth step to establish his or her RFC. Steed v. Astrue, 524 F.3d 872, 874 n.3 (8th Cir. 2008) (“Through step four of this analysis, the claimant has the burden of showing that she is disabled.”). The ALJ will review a claimant’s RFC and the physical and mental demands of the work the claimant has done in the past. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(f).

Section 404.1520(a)(4)(iv) requires the ALJ at step four to assess a claimant’s residual functional capacity and ability to perform past relevant work.

Naberhaus v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2019-09-20(a)(4)(iv)

As noted above, at step four of the sequential evaluation process, the ALJ must assesses the claimant’s RFC and ability to perform past relevant work. See 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(a)(4)(iv), 404.1545. To determine a claimant’s RFC, an ALJ must make an assessment based on all the relevant evidence of record as to what a claimant can do in a work setting despite any physical or mental limitations caused by the claimant’s impairments and related symptoms. Id. at § 404.1545(a)(1). In rendering this determination, the ALJ must consider the medical opinions of record as well as the claimant’s medically determinable impairments, including those that are not severe, and the total limiting effects of each. Id. at §§ 404.1520(e), 404.1545(a)(2); see Jamison v. Bowen, 814 F.2d 585, 588 (11th Cir. 1987) (stating that the “ALJ must consider the applicant’s medical condition taken as a whole”).

At step four of the disability evaluation, the claimant's impairment must prevent her from performing past relevant work, and the ALJ compares the claimant’s residual functional capacity with the physical and mental demands of that past work.

Loonsfoot v. Berryhill · filed 2019-09-20(f)

Fourth, the impairment must prevent the claimant from doing past relevant work. 20 C.F.R. §§ 416.920(f), 404.1520(f). The burden rests with the claimant at this fourth step to establish his or her RFC. Steed v. Astrue, 524 F.3d 872, 874 n.3 (8th Cir. 2008) (“Through step four of this analysis, the claimant has the burden of showing that she is disabled.”). The ALJ will review a claimant’s RFC and the physical and mental demands of the work the claimant has done in the past. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(f).

At step four, the regulation requires the ALJ to determine whether the claimant’s impairments prevent her from performing her past relevant work.

Hull v. Berryhill · filed 2019-09-30(e)

The ALJ’s responsibility at step four is to determine whether the claimant’s impairments would prevent her from doing past relevant work. See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(e).

Section 404.1520(f) requires the ALJ at step four to compare the claimant’s residual functional capacity with the physical and mental demands of past relevant work; if the claimant can still perform that work, the claimant is not disabled.

Nash v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2019-09-30(f)

At step four, the ALJ compares the claimant’s RFC with the physical and mental demands of her past relevant work. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(f). If a claimant can still perform her past relevant work, she will not be found disabled. Id.; 20 C.F.R. § 404.1560(b).

Section 404.1520(e) requires the ALJ to determine a claimant's residual functional capacity before proceeding to step four of the disability analysis.

Munson v. Berryhill · filed 2019-09-30(e)

An ALJ must make an RFC determination before reaching step four of the five-step sequential analysis for determining whether an individual is disabled. See 20 C.F.R. §§404.1520(e); 416.920(e).

Section 404.1520(e) requires the claimant’s residual functional capacity to be assessed before deciding whether the claimant can perform past relevant work at step four.

Ring v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2019-10-01(e)

Step four examines whether the claimant’s residual functional capacity enables the claimant to perform past relevant work. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(e)-(f) & 416.920(e)-(f). If the claimant can still perform past relevant work, the claimant is not entitled to disability benefits and the inquiry ends. Id. ... At step four, the claimant has the burden of showing she can no longer perform her past relevant work. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1512(a), 404.1520(f), 416.912(a), 416.920(f); Barnhart v. Thomas, 540 U.S. 20, 25 (2003). ... Here, the ALJ made findings as to Plaintiff’s impairments and functional limitations, determined her residual functional capacity based on those findings, presented a hypothetical based on the Dictionary of Occupational Titles (“DOT”) to the vocational expert who was present at the hearing, and relied on the expert’s testimony that Plaintiff could perform her past relevant work as a cashier-checker. AR 18-19, 22-23, 54-55. ... Accordingly, based on the evidence, the Dictionary of Occupational Titles, and the testimony of the vocational expert, the ALJ properly concluded that Plaintiff could perform her past relevant work as she had performed it and as it is generally performed in the national economy, thus the Court will not find error with regard to this issue. AR 15-23.

Section 404.1520(a)(4)(iv) requires the disability evaluation to determine at step four whether the claimant's residual functional capacity permits performance of past relevant work.

Steckling v. Berryhill · filed 2019-10-17(a)(4)(iv)

The Social Security regulations establish a five-step sequential evaluation for determining whether an applicant is disabled under this standard. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a); ... A step four determination of the claimant’s residual functional capacity is based on all impairments, including impairments that are not severe. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(e), 404.1545(a)(2). ... The ALJ must determine whether the applicant retains the residual functional capacity to perform his or her past relevant work. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iv).

At step four, § 404.1520(f) requires assessing whether a claimant’s residual functional capacity permits performance of past relevant work; if so, the claimant is not disabled.

Patterson v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2019-10-23(f)

An ALJ must follow a five-step sequential evaluation to determine whether a claimant is disabled within the meaning of the Act. See Parker v. City of New York, 476 U.S. 467, 470-71 (1986). ... The ALJ then proceeds to step four and determines whether the claimant’s RFC permits him or her to perform the requirements of his or her past relevant work. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(f). If the claimant can perform such requirements, then he or she is not disabled. Id. If he or she cannot, the analysis proceeds to the fifth and final step, wherein the burden shifts to the Commissioner to show that the claimant is not disabled. Id. § 404.1520(g). ... Having formulated the RFC, the vocational expert testified that, based on a hypothetical question that mirrored the ALJ’s RFC finding, Plaintiff could perform her past relevant work as an elementary teacher (DOT 092.227-010), a skilled, light job, both as generally and actually performed. Tr. 17, 60, 61. Because the ALJ’s RFC assessment is supported by substantial evidence, the ALJ’s hypothetical was proper. See Calabrese v. Astrue, 358 F. App’x 274, 276 (2d Cir. 2009).

Section 404.1520(f) requires the ALJ at step four to determine whether the claimant’s residual functional capacity permits performance of past relevant work.

Rivard v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2019-11-27(f)

At step four of the sequential evaluation, the ALJ must determine whether the claimant has the RFC to perform past relevant work. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(f), 416.920(f). ... Thus, the ALJ erred in her step four analysis.

Section 404.1520(f) requires the ALJ, at step four, to compare a claimant’s residual functional capacity with the demands of past relevant work.

Felice v. Saul · filed 2019-12-05(f)

Under the fourth step of the sequential evaluation process, the ALJ reviews the RFC and compares it to the demands of a claimant’s past relevant work. See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(f). If the claimant is still able to perform the type of activities required by her past employment, she is deemed not to be disabled. See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(e).

At Step 4, the claimant bears the burden of proving inability to return to past relevant work, and the Commissioner must compare the claimant’s residual functional capacity with the physical and mental demands of that work.

CHASE v. SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION COMMISSIONER · filed 2019-12-23(f)

The ALJ reached Step 4 of the sequential evaluation process, at which stage the claimant bears the burden of proving inability to return to past relevant work. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(f), 416.920(f); Bowen v. Yuckert, 482 U.S. 137, 146 n.5 (1987). At this step, the commissioner must make findings of the plaintiff’s RFC and the physical and mental demands of past work and determine whether the plaintiff’s RFC would permit performance of that work. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(f), 416.920(f); Social Security Ruling 82-62 (“SSR 82-62”), reprinted in West’s Social Security Reporting Service Rulings 1975-1982, at 813.

At step four, the claimant bears the burden of establishing whether she can perform her past relevant work.

De La Mora v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2019-12-23(a)(4)(iv)

While Plaintiff identifies this as a step five error and assigns the burden of proof to the Commissioner, ECF No. 10 at 13, a claimant’s ability to perform past relevant work is an issue determined at step four of the sequential evaluation process, 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iv), and the burden of proof remains with the claimant, Tackett, 180 F.3d at 1098-99 (in steps one through four, the burden of proof rests upon the claimant to establish a prima facie case of entitlement to disability benefits).

At step four, the regulation requires assessing whether a claimant's residual functional capacity permits performance of past relevant work as actually or generally performed.

Schwalm v. Berryhill · filed 2020-01-27(f)

After making the RFC determination, the ALJ must then turn to step four in order to determine whether the individual has the RFC to perform her past relevant work (“PRW”). 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(f), 416.920(f). ... The ALJ’s finding that Schwalm could perform her past relevant work as a night auditor was based on the ALJ’s conclusion that Schwalm could perform these positions both as she actually performed the position and as it would be generally performed. ... The regulations indicate the claimant must be able to perform their last work either as actually performed or as generally performed. ... As there is substantial evidence to support the ALJ’s conclusion that Schwalm can perform the position as a night auditor as she actually performed it, any failure to reconcile issues related to how the position is generally performed would not change the conclusion that Schwalm can perform her past relevant work as a night auditor and any error is harmless.

At step four, a claimant is not disabled if the claimant can perform past relevant work.

(SS) Paxton v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2020-02-11(e)

If a claimant can perform his past relevant work, then he is not disabled.

At step four, the claimant bears the burden of showing that he cannot perform his past relevant work.

Jourdain v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2020-02-19(f)

Plaintiff has the burden at Step Four to show that he does not have the residual functional capacity to perform his past relevant work, 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(f), 416.920(f) (Step Four), 404.1512(a)(1), 416.912(a)(1) (claimant’s burden of proof).

At step four, the ALJ must determine whether the claimant's residual functional capacity permits performance of past relevant work; if the claimant can perform that work, the claimant is not disabled.

Ghebrekidan v. Berryhill · filed 2020-02-25(a)(4)(iv), (f)

At step four, the ALJ evaluates whether the claimant has the RFC to perform his past relevant work. See Cuthrell v. Astrue, 702 F.3d 1114, 1116 (8th Cir. 2013) (citing 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iv), (f)). If the claimant can perform past relevant work, the claimant is not disabled. Id. Through step four, “the claimant has the burden of showing [he] is disabled.” King v. Astrue, 564 F.3d 978, 979 n.2 (8th Cir. 2009). Although the burden lies with the claimant, the ALJ must make “specific findings” as to the claimant’s RFC, “the physical and mental demands” of past relevant work, and whether the RFC would permit a return to past work.

Section 404.1520 requires disability claims to be evaluated through the five-step sequential process, including a step-four comparison of the claimant’s residual functional capacity with the demands of past relevant work.

Sanchez v. Social Security Administration · filed 2020-03-13(a)(4), (e)

The Commissioner must use a five-step sequential evaluation process to determine eligibility for benefits. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(a)(4), 416.920(a)(4). ... At step four, the Commissioner employs the claimant’s RFC and compares it with the demands of her past relevant work to determine if she can still perform the essential functions of that work, despite her impairments. See 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(e)-(f), 416.920(e)-(f). ... Instead, the ALJ did what was required at Step Four by: formulating Ms. Sanchez’ RFC (phase 1); examining the demands of a receptionist position by reference to the Dictionary of Occupational Titles and the VE’s testimony (phase 2); and determining that Ms. Sanchez retains the ability to meet those demands despite the limitations placed on her RFC by reference to Ms. Sanchez’ work history and the VE’s testimony (phase 3).

At step four, § 404.1520(a)(4)(iv) requires the ALJ to assess the claimant’s residual functional capacity and ability to perform past relevant work.

Martinez v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2020-03-16(a)(4)(iv)

At step four of the sequential evaluation process, the ALJ assesses the claimant’s RFC and ability to perform past relevant work. See 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(a)(4)(iv), 404.1545, 416.920(a)(4)(iv), 416.945.

At step four, the Commissioner must consider the claimant’s residual functional capacity and past relevant work; benefits are denied if the claimant can still perform that past work, while the Commissioner bears the burden only at step five.

Seiler v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2020-03-18(a)(4)(iv)

As a fourth step, however, if the impairment or its equivalent is not listed in Appendix 1, the Commissioner must then consider the applicant’s “residual functional capacity” or “RFC” which is the ability to perform physical or mental work activities on a sustained basis, notwithstanding the limitations posed by the applicant’s collective impairments, see 20 C.F.R. 404.1520(e)-(f), and 416.920(e)-(f), and the demands of any past relevant work (“PRW”). 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(e) and 416.920(e). If the applicant remains capable of performing PRW, disability benefits will be denied, id., but if the applicant is unable to perform PRW relevant work, the Commissioner, at the fifth step, must consider whether, given the applicant’s age, education, and past work experience, the applicant “retains a residual functional capacity to perform alternative substantial gainful work which exists in the national economy.” Rosa v. Callahan, 168 F.3d 72, 77 (2d Cir. 1999) (quotation marks and citation omitted); 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1560(c) and 416.960(c). The burden of proof is on the applicant for the first four steps, with the Commissioner bearing the burden of proof on the final step. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(a)(4) and 416.920(a)(4); Burgess v. Astrue, 537 F.3d 117, 128 (2d Cir. 2008).

Section 404.1520(e) governs step four of the disability evaluation: a claimant is not disabled if the claimant can perform past relevant work.

Goff v. SSA · filed 2020-03-20(e)

At Step Four, the ALJ must determine whether a claimant's impairments prevent him from performing his past relevant work. Wall v. Astrue, 561 F.3d at 1052 (citing Allen v. Barnhart, 357 F.3d at 1142). “A claimant capable of performing past relevant work is not disabled within the meaning of the Social Security Act.” Andrade v. Sec'y of Health & Human Servs., 985 F.2d 1045, 1050 (10th Cir. 1993) (citing 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(e), 416.920(e)). Step Four has three separate phases. In the first phase, the ALJ must evaluate a claimant's physical and mental residual functional capacity (RFC). In the second phase he must determine the physical and mental demands of the claimant's past relevant work. In the final phase the ALJ determines whether the claimant has the ability to meet the job demands found in phase two despite the mental and/or physical limitations found in phase one.

At step four, an ALJ determines whether a claimant can still perform past relevant work, as actually done or generally performed; if so, the claimant is not disabled.

Berns v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2020-03-23(a)(4)(iv)

At step four of the disability evaluation process, the ALJ (1) determines the claimant’s RFC, (2) evaluates evidence regarding the demands of the claimant’s past relevant work and (3) determines whether the claimant can still perform the past relevant work. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(a)(4)(iv), (e), 404.1560; SSR 82-62, 1982 WL 31386, at *2–4 (Jan. 1, 1982). A claimant who can still perform past relevant work “as previously done or[,] . . . as it is generally performed in the national economy,” is not disabled. Lowe v. Apfel, 226 F.3d 969, 973 (8th Cir. 2000); see also 20 C.F.R. § 1520(4)(iv).

At step four, the ALJ must determine whether a claimant can perform past relevant work by comparing the demands of that work with the claimant's present capacity.

Gardner v. Berryhill · filed 2020-03-12(e)

If a Social Security claimant can still do past relevant work, he or she is not disabled. 20 C.F.R. § § 404.1520(f) and 416.920(f).To determine whether Plaintiff can return to his past relevant work the ALJ must ascertain the demands of the former work and compare it to the present capacity. 20 CFR 404.1520(e), 416.920(e); Pinto v. Massanarii, 249 F.3d 840, 844-45 (9th Cir. 2001).

Section 404.1520(e) requires the Commissioner, at the fourth step, to assess a claimant’s residual functional capacity and determine whether the claimant can perform past relevant work.

Battaglia v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2020-03-16(e)

The applicable regulations set forth a five-step analysis the Commissioner must follow in determining eligibility for disability benefits. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520 and 416.920. ... As a fourth step, however, if the impairment or its equivalent is not listed in Appendix 1, the Commissioner must then consider the applicant’s “residual functional capacity” or “RFC” which is the ability to perform physical or mental work activities on a sustained basis, notwithstanding the limitations posed by the applicant’s collective impairments, see 20 C.F.R. 404.1520(e)-(f), and 416.920(e)-(f), and the demands of any past relevant work (“PRW”). 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(e) and 416.920(e). ... A fair reading of the record establishes the ALJ’s assessment of Plaintiff’s RFC, both physical and mental, is supported by substantial evidence in the record.

Section 404.1520(a)(4)(iv) requires the ALJ to determine a claimant’s residual functional capacity before proceeding to step four of the disability evaluation.

West v. Social Security Administration Commissioner · filed 2020-04-28(a)(4)(iv)

Prior to Step Four of the sequential analysis in a disability determination, the ALJ is required to determine a claimant’s RFC. See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iv).

At step four, the agency considers the claimant’s residual functional capacity and past relevant work and finds the claimant not disabled if the claimant can still perform that work.

de Cazarez v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2020-05-19(a)(4)(iv)

Pursuant to SSA regulations, “[a]t the fourth step, we consider our assessment of your residual functional capacity and your past relevant work. If you can still do your past relevant work, we will find that you are not disabled.” 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(a)(4)(iv); 416.920(a) (4)(iv).

At step four, the ALJ evaluates a claimant’s residual functional capacity and ability to return to past relevant work.

Davis v. Saul · filed 2020-06-18(a)(4)(iv)

At step four of the sequential process, the ALJ evaluates a claimant’s RFC and ability to return to past relevant work. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(a)(4)(iv) & 416.920(a)(4)(iv).

At step four, the ALJ evaluates a claimant’s residual functional capacity and ability to return to past relevant work.

Carswell v. Saul · filed 2020-07-20(a)(4)(iv)

At step four of the sequential process, the ALJ evaluates a claimant’s RFC and ability to return to past relevant work. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iv).

At step four, the ALJ must find a claimant not disabled if the claimant can still perform past relevant work in light of the residual functional capacity.

Hill v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2020-08-28(a)(4)(iv)

At step four of the sequential analysis, if the claimant can still do her past relevant work in light of her RFC, the ALJ will find the claimant not disabled. See 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(a)(4)(iv), 416.920(a)(4)(iv).

At step four of the sequential evaluation, an ALJ determines whether a claimant can perform past relevant work based on the claimant's residual functional capacity.

Jasper v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration · filed 2020-09-04(a)(4)(iv)

As referenced above, at step four of the sequential evaluation process, the ALJ must determine whether a claimant has the RFC to perform her past relevant work. Phillips, 357 F.3d at 1238 (citing 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iv)).

Section 404.1520(a)(4)(iv) requires the ALJ, at step four of the sequential evaluation, to assess the claimant's residual functional capacity in determining whether the claimant can perform past relevant work.

Carroll v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2020-09-10(a)(4)(iv)

As noted above, part of the ALJ’s task at step four of the sequential evaluation process is to assess a claimant’s RFC. See 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(a)(4)(iv), 404.1545. To do so, an ALJ must determine from all the relevant evidence of record what a claimant can do in a work setting notwithstanding any physical or mental limitations caused by the claimant’s impairments and related symptoms. Id. at § 404.1545(a)(1).

Section 404.1520(a)(4)(iv) requires the ALJ to assess the claimant’s residual functional capacity before deciding whether the claimant can perform past relevant work.

Highfield, III v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2020-09-24(a)(4)(iv)

At step four, in order for the ALJ to determine if the plaintiff was able to perform his past relevant work, the ALJ was required to assess the plaintiff’s RFC. (Tr. 17-18). See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iv). RFC is the most the claimant can do despite his/her limitations. 20 C.F.R. § 416.945(a)(1). The RFC is based on an evaluation of the relevant evidence in the record. See 20 C.F.R. §§ 416.945(a)(3), 404.1520(a)(3), 404.1520(e), 404.1545(a)(1), (a)(3). At the ALJ hearing level, the ALJ is responsible for assessing the plaintiff’s RFC. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1546(c).

Section 404.1520 requires the ALJ to use the sequential disability evaluation and assess the claimant’s residual functional capacity from all relevant evidence before determining the claimant’s ability to perform past relevant work.

Palencia v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration · filed 2020-09-25(e)

At step four of the sequential evaluation process, the ALJ assesses the claimant’s RFC and ability to perform past relevant work. See 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(a)(4)(iv), 404.1545, 416.920(a)(4)(iv), 416.945. ... In rendering the RFC, therefore, the ALJ must consider the medical opinions in conjunction with all the other evidence of record and will consider all the medically determinable impairments, including impairments that are not severe, and the total limiting effects of each. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(e), 404.1545(a)(2) & (e), 416.920(e), 416.945(a)(2) & (e); see Jamison v. Bowen, 814 F.2d 585, 588 (11th Cir. 1987) (stating that the “ALJ must consider the applicant’s medical condition taken as a whole”).

Section 404.1520(e) requires the ALJ at Step Four to determine residual functional capacity by considering all relevant medical and other evidence.

Evans v. Commissioner of the Social Security Administration · filed 2020-10-14(e)

At Step Four of the sequential analysis, the ALJ must determine a claimant’s RFC by considering all relevant medical and other evidence. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(e). ... The ALJ was not required to incorporate more limitations in Evans’s RFC for her migraine headaches. His RFC assessment was supported by substantial evidence and was well within his zone of choice.

At step four, the Commissioner determines a claimant’s residual functional capacity before deciding whether the claimant can perform prior work; a step-four error does not require remand when a proper step-five finding independently establishes that the claimant can perform other work.

Mltenberg v. Saul · filed 2020-11-30(a)(4)(iv)

As part of the fourth step, the Commissioner determines the claimant’s RFC before deciding if the claimant can continue in his or her prior type of work. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iv). ... “[E]ven if the ALJ erred at Step Four, his error would be harmless and would not warrant remand. The ALJ went on to Step Five, in the alternative, to consider whether [Plaintiff] could perform other work in the national economy. Because his determination at that step was proper, a different outcome at Step Four would do nothing to change the overall result.” ... Accordingly, remand here is not warranted.

Section 404.1520(a)(4)(iv) places the residual functional capacity assessment within step four, before deciding whether a claimant can perform prior work.

Sidney v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2020-12-18(a)(4)(iv)

As part of the fourth step, the Commissioner determines the claimant’s RFC before deciding if the claimant can continue in his or her prior type of work. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iv).

Section 404.1520(a)(4)(iv) requires the ALJ to determine a claimant’s residual functional capacity before proceeding to step four of the disability analysis.

Woods v. Social Security Administration Commissioner · filed 2021-03-25(a)(4)(iv)

Prior to Step Four of the sequential analysis in a disability determination, the ALJ is required to determine a claimant’s RFC. See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iv).

At step four, § 404.1520(e) requires the ALJ to determine a claimant’s RFC by considering all relevant medical and other evidence.

Reusel v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration · filed 2021-04-29(e)

As indicated above, at Step Four of the sequential analysis, the ALJ must determine a claimant’s RFC by considering all relevant medical and other evidence. ... Here, the ALJ complied with the regulations by considering all of Reusel’s symptoms in light of all the objective medical evidence and other evidence in the record. (Tr. 19-29); 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(e), 416.920(e); SSR 96-8p, 1996 SSR LEXIS 5.

Section 404.1520(e) requires an ALJ at step four to assess the claimant’s residual functional capacity using all relevant medical and other evidence.

Stowe v. Social Security Administration, Commissioner · filed 2021-07-12(e)

At step four of the sequential analysis, the ALJ must assess and determine a claimant’s RFC by considering all relevant medical and other evidence. See 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(e), 404.1527(e), 404.1546(c). ... Here, the ALJ’s RFC finding and ultimate decision were not conclusory and were based on substantial evidence. ... The ALJ’s RFC finding was not conclusory and was supported by substantial evidence. Accordingly, we affirm as to this ground too.

Section 404.1520(a)(4)(iv) requires the ALJ to assess the claimant’s residual functional capacity and determine whether the claimant can return to past relevant work.

Fritts v. Saul · filed 2021-03-29(a)(4)(iv)

At Step Four, the ALJ must assess: (1) the claimant's residual functional capacity (“RFC”); and (2) the claimant's ability to return to her past relevant work. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iv).

At step four, the ALJ must use all relevant medical and other evidence to determine the claimant’s residual functional capacity and whether the claimant can return to past relevant work; if the claimant cannot, the evaluation proceeds to step five.

Relph v. Saul · filed 2021-03-29(e)

In determining whether [a claimant] can return to her past relevant work, the ALJ must determine the claimant’s RFC using all relevant medical and other evidence in the case. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(e). That is, the ALJ must determine if the claimant is limited to a particular work level. See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1567. Once the ALJ assesses the claimant’s RFC and determines that the claimant cannot return to her prior relevant work, the ALJ moves on to the fifth, and final, step.

Section 404.1520(a)(4)(iv) requires the ALJ at step four to determine the claimant’s residual functional capacity and ability to perform past relevant work.

Hurst v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2021-08-31(a)(4)(iv)

As noted above, at step four of the sequential evaluation process, the ALJ must determine the claimant’s RFC and her ability to perform her past relevant work. See 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(a)(4)(iv), 404.1545.

Section 404.1520(e) requires the ALJ at Step Four to determine a claimant's residual functional capacity by considering all relevant medical and other evidence, including subjective symptom complaints.

Thomas v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration · filed 2021-09-29(e)

At Step Four of the sequential evaluation process, the ALJ must determine a claimant’s RFC by considering all relevant medical and other evidence. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(e), 416.920(e). ... A claimant’s subjective symptom complaints are among the evidence that an ALJ must consider in assessing a claimant’s RFC at Step Four. See 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(e), 416.920(e); Blankenship v. Bowen, 874 F.2d 1116, 1123 (6th Cir. 1989) (“Subjective complaints of pain or other symptoms may support a claim of disability.”).

At Step Four, the ALJ must determine the claimant's RFC by considering all relevant medical and other evidence.

Lumpkin v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2021-10-27(e)

At Step Four of the sequential analysis, the ALJ must determine a claimant’s RFC by considering all relevant medical and other evidence. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(e); 20 C.F.R. § 416.920(e).

At step four, § 404.1520(e) requires the ALJ to determine the claimant's RFC by considering all relevant medical and other evidence.

Reed v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2021-12-14(e)

At Step Four, the ALJ must determine a claimant’s RFC by considering all relevant medical and other evidence. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(e).

At step four, the ALJ must determine a claimant’s residual functional capacity by considering all relevant medical and other evidence.

Lantz v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2022-01-10(e)

At Step Four of the sequential analysis, the ALJ must determine a claimant’s RFC by considering all relevant medical and other evidence.

Section 404.1520(a)(4)(iv) requires the ALJ to determine a claimant’s residual functional capacity before deciding whether the claimant can perform past relevant work.

Stanley v. Social Security Administration Commissioner · filed 2022-02-15(a)(4)(iv)

Prior to Step Four of the sequential analysis in a disability determination, the ALJ is required to determine a claimant’s RFC. See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iv).

Section 404.1520(e) requires the ALJ at step four to determine the claimant’s RFC by considering all relevant medical and other evidence.

Duty v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration · filed 2022-04-19(e)

At Step Four of the sequential analysis, the ALJ must determine a claimant’s RFC by considering all relevant medical and other evidence. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(e); 20 C.F.R. § 416.920(e).

At step four, the ALJ determines a claimant’s residual functional capacity using all relevant medical and other evidence.

Pifer v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration · filed 2022-05-13(e)

At Step Four, the ALJ must determine a claimant’s RFC by considering all relevant medical and other evidence. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(e).

At step four, § 404.1520(e) requires the ALJ to determine the claimant’s RFC by considering all relevant medical and other evidence.

Njegovan v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration · filed 2022-05-13(e)

At Step Four, the ALJ must determine a claimant’s RFC by considering all relevant medical and other evidence. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(e).

Section 404.1520(e) requires the ALJ at Step Four to determine a claimant’s residual functional capacity after considering all medical and other evidence in the record.

Ballard v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration · filed 2022-05-24(e)

At Step Four of the sequential evaluation process, the ALJ must determine a claimant’s RFC after considering all the medical and other evidence in the record. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(e).

Section 404.1520(e) requires an ALJ to determine a claimant’s residual functional capacity at step four by considering all relevant medical and other evidence.

Houser v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration · filed 2022-06-02(e)

At Step Four, the ALJ must determine a claimant’s RFC by considering all relevant medical and other evidence. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(e).

Section 404.1520(a)(4)(iv) requires the ALJ to determine a claimant’s residual functional capacity before deciding whether the claimant can perform past relevant work.

Rogers v. Social Security Administration Commissioner · filed 2022-06-13(a)(4)(iv)

Prior to Step Four of the sequential analysis in a disability determination, the ALJ is required to determine a claimant’s RFC. See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iv).

At step four, the ALJ must determine a claimant’s residual functional capacity by considering all relevant medical and other evidence.

Ontko v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2022-06-13(e)

At Step Four of the sequential analysis, the ALJ must determine a claimant’s RFC by considering all relevant medical and other evidence. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(e), 416.920(e).

At Step Four, the ALJ must determine the claimant's residual functional capacity after considering all medical and other evidence in the record.

Pritt v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration · filed 2022-06-14(e)

At Step Four of the sequential evaluation process, the ALJ must determine a claimant’s RFC after considering all he medical and other evidence in the record. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(e). ... The ALJ applied proper legal standards and reached a decision supported by substantial evidence in his evaluation of Pritt’s subjective symptom complaints. 42 U.S.C. § 405; Rogers, 486 F.3d at 241. The ALJ complied with the regulations by: (i) assessing Pritt’s RFC in light of the medical evidence, his testimony, and other evidence in the record; and (ii) clearly explaining that he rejected Pritt’s subjective symptom complaints because his statements regarding the intensity, persistence, and limiting effects of his symptoms were not consistent with the objective evidence. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(e); SSR 16-3p, 2016 SSR LEXIS 4, at *9-10; (Tr. 35-41).

At Step Four, the ALJ must determine a claimant’s residual functional capacity by considering all relevant medical and other evidence.

Fyffe v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration · filed 2022-06-16(e)

At Step Four of the sequential evaluation process, the ALJ must determine a claimant’s RFC by considering all relevant medical and other evidence. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(e).

Section 404.1520(e) requires the ALJ to determine a claimant's residual functional capacity at Step Four after considering all medical and other evidence in the record.

Ingram v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration · filed 2022-06-22(e)

At Step Four of the sequential evaluation process, the ALJ must determine a claimant’s RFC after considering all the medical and other evidence in the record. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(e).

Section 404.1520(e) requires the ALJ at Step Four to determine a claimant's residual functional capacity by considering all relevant medical and other evidence.

Smith v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2022-06-30(e)

At Step Four of the sequential evaluation process, the ALJ must determine a claimant’s RFC by considering all relevant medical and other evidence. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(e), 416.920(e).

At Step Four, the ALJ must determine a claimant’s residual functional capacity by considering all relevant medical and other evidence.

Price v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2022-08-08(e)

At Step Four, the ALJ must determine a claimant’s RFC by considering all relevant medical and other evidence. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(e).

At step four, the ALJ must determine the claimant’s residual functional capacity and whether it permits past relevant work; if it does, the disability inquiry ends.

Hardwick v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2022-10-11(e), (f)

Step Four of the sequential evaluation process requires an ALJ to determine the claimant’s RFC and to determine, further, whether that RFC permits the performance of the claimant’s past relevant work. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(e), (f). Generally, if a claimant can perform her past relevant work, she is “not disabled” and the evaluation stops.

At step four, the ALJ must determine a claimant’s residual functional capacity by considering all relevant medical and other evidence.

Neely v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2022-10-20(e)

At Step Four, the ALJ must determine a claimant’s RFC by considering all relevant medical and other evidence. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(e).

Section 404.1520(e) requires the ALJ to assess a claimant’s residual functional capacity at step four, accounting for limitations from both severe and non-severe impairments and explaining any omitted limitations.

Love v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2022-11-03(e)

As part of step four of the sequential disability analysis, the ALJ determines the claimant’s RFC. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(e). ... If an impairment is non-severe, that does not mean that the ALJ simply can ignore it when assessing a claimant’s RFC. ... On the contrary, an RFC determination “must account for limitations imposed by both severe and non[-]severe impairments.” ... And if an ALJ fails to explain why he did not include limitations to account for a claimant’s non-severe mental impairments, that legal error requires remand.

At step four of the disability evaluation, § 404.1520 requires determining a claimant’s residual functional capacity and whether she can perform her past relevant work.

Tremblay v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2022-11-08(a)(4)(iv)

As noted above, the ALJ’s task at step four is to determine a claimant’s RFC and her ability to perform her past relevant work. See 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(a)(4)(iv), 404.1545, 416.920(a)(4)(iv), 416.945.

At step four, the claimant bears the burden of showing that their residual functional capacity prevents them from performing their past relevant work, and the adjudicator must make specific findings connecting the RFC to that work.

Wilson v. Kijakazi · filed 2022-12-21(e), (f)

At step 4, claimants have the burden of showing that they do not have the RFC to perform the requirements of their past relevant work. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(e), (f); Pinto v. Massanari, 249 F.3d 840, 844 (9th Cir. 2001). ... The ALJ fails to provide the “specific findings” required at step 4 to support his conclusion that “claimant is able to perform his past work as a registration clerk” (AR 25), for several reasons. ... Accordingly, the ALJ’s finding at step 4 that Plaintiff could perform his past relevant work as an “admitting registration clerk”/“registration clerk” was not supported by substantial evidence.

Section 404.1520(a)(4)(iv) requires the ALJ to determine a claimant's residual functional capacity before proceeding to step four of the sequential disability evaluation.

Gilligan v. Social Security Administration Commissioner · filed 2023-01-26(a)(4)(iv)

Prior to Step Four of the sequential analysis in a disability determination, the ALJ is required to determine a claimant’s RFC. See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iv).

Section 404.1520(e) requires an ALJ, at Step Four, to determine a claimant's residual functional capacity after considering all the medical and other evidence in the record.

Miller v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration · filed 2023-02-24(e)

At Step Four of the sequential evaluation process, an ALJ must determine a claimant’s RFC after considering all the medical and other evidence in the record. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(e).

Section 404.1520(e) requires the ALJ to determine the claimant's residual functional capacity between steps three and four and use it at step four to assess the claimant's ability to perform past relevant work.

ROLON-TORRES v. KIJAKAZI, ACTING COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY · filed 2023-02-27(e)

Between steps three and four, the ALJ determines the claimant’s RFC.11 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(e). A claimant’s RFC is her ability to perform work activities’ physical and mental demands on a sustained basis. Id. ... At step four, the ALJ had to determine if claimant’s RFC allowed her to perform her PRW. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(e).

Section 404.1520(e) requires the ALJ to determine a claimant's residual functional capacity at step four by considering all relevant medical and other evidence.

Kelley v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2022-12-16(e)

At Step Four, the ALJ must determine a claimant's RFC by considering all relevant medical and other evidence. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(e).

Section 404.1520(a)(4) requires the ALJ to determine a claimant’s residual functional capacity before proceeding to step four of the disability evaluation.

Hribar v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2023-03-16(a)(4)

Before reaching step four of the evaluation process, the ALJ must determine a claimant’s RFC. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4).

Section 404.1520(a)(4) requires the ALJ to determine a claimant’s residual functional capacity before proceeding to step four of the disability evaluation.

Harris v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2023-03-24(a)(4)

Before reaching step four of the evaluation process, the ALJ must determine a claimant’s RFC. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4).

Section 404.1520(a)(4)(iv) requires the ALJ to determine a claimant’s residual functional capacity before deciding whether the claimant can perform past relevant work.

Udouj v. Social Security Administration Commissioner · filed 2023-03-27(a)(4)(iv)

Prior to Step Four of the sequential analysis in a disability determination, the ALJ is required to determine a claimant’s RFC. See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iv).

At step four, the ALJ must assess a claimant’s residual functional capacity using all medical and other evidence, including subjective symptom complaints.

Arsham v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2023-06-22(e)

A claimant’s subjective symptom complaints are among the evidence that an ALJ must consider in assessing a claimant’s RFC at Step Four. See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(e); Blankenship v. Bowen, 874 F.2d 1116, 1123 (6th Cir. 1989) (“Subjective complaints of pain or other symptoms may support a claim of disability.”).

At Step Four, an ALJ must determine a claimant’s residual functional capacity by considering all relevant medical and other evidence.

Hosfield v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2023-08-22(e)

At Step Four of the sequential evaluation process, the ALJ must determine a claimant’s RFC by considering all relevant medical and other evidence. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(e).

Section 404.1520(e) requires an ALJ at step four to determine a claimant’s residual functional capacity by considering all relevant medical and other evidence.

Lundstrum v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2023-11-08(e)

At Step Four, the ALJ must determine a claimant’s RFC by considering all relevant medical and other evidence.

At step four, the ALJ must determine a claimant’s residual functional capacity by considering all relevant medical and other evidence.

Torchik v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration · filed 2024-01-31(e)

At Step Four of the sequential evaluation process, the ALJ must determine a claimant’s RFC by considering all relevant medical and other evidence. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(e), 416.920(e).

At step four of the sequential evaluation, the ALJ must determine a claimant's residual functional capacity after considering all medical and other evidence in the record.

Hurst v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration · filed 2024-08-21(e)

At Step Four of the sequential evaluation, the ALJ must determine a claimant's RFC after considering all the medical and other evidence in the record. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(e).

Section 404.1520 requires the Commissioner to assess a claimant’s residual functional capacity and compare it with the demands of past relevant work; a claimant who can perform that past work is not disabled.

Kassemi v. O'Malley · filed 2024-08-30(a)(4)(iv), (f)

At step four, the Commissioner assesses the claimant’s RFC, 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4). The Commissioner then determines whether the claimant can return to his or her past relevant work by comparing the claimant’s RFC with the physical and mental demands of the claimant’s past relevant work. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(a)(4)(iv), 404.1520(f); McCoy, 648 F.3d at 611. If the claimant retains the RFC to perform past relevant work, then he or she is not disabled (and the analysis does not proceed further). 20 C.F.R. §§ 416.920(a)(4)(iv), 404.1520(f); McCoy, 648 F.3d at 611.

Section 404.1520(e) requires the ALJ to determine the claimant’s residual functional capacity at step four after considering all medical and other evidence in the record.

Miller v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2024-12-05(e)

At Step Four of the sequential evaluation, the ALJ must determine a claimant’s residual functional capacity (RFC) after considering all the medical and other evidence in the record. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(e).

Section 404.1520(e) requires the ALJ to determine a claimant’s residual functional capacity after considering all medical and other evidence before proceeding to step four.

Dalton v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration · filed 2024-12-30(e)

Before proceeding to Step Four of the sequential analysis laid out in the regulations, the ALJ must determine a claimant’s RFC after considering all the medical and other evidence in the record. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(e).

Section 404.1520(e) requires the ALJ to determine a claimant’s residual functional capacity by considering all relevant medical and other evidence before proceeding to Step Four.

Fedor v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2025-01-17(e)

Before proceeding to Step Four of the sequential analysis, the ALJ determines a claimant’s RFC by considering all relevant medical and other evidence. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(e).

Section 404.1520(e) requires the ALJ to determine a claimant’s residual functional capacity by considering all relevant medical and other evidence before proceeding to Step Four.

Culbertson v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2025-04-22(e)

Before proceeding to Step Four of the sequential analysis, the ALJ determines a claimant’s RFC by considering all relevant medical and other evidence. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(e).

Section 404.1520(a)(4)(iv) requires the ALJ to determine a claimant’s residual functional capacity before proceeding to step four of the disability sequential evaluation.

Ross v. Social Security Administration Commissioner · filed 2025-04-28(a)(4)(iv)

Prior to Step Four of the sequential analysis in a disability determination, the ALJ is required to determine a claimant’s RFC. See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iv).

Section 404.1520(e) requires the ALJ to assess a claimant’s residual functional capacity before deciding step four, and the court applied that requirement to require consideration of mild limitations found at step two.

Vega v. Colvin · filed 2025-08-04(e)

Before making the step four determination, the ALJ must pause to assess the claimant’s Residual Functional Capacity (“RFC”). 20 C.F.R. §§ 416.920(e), 404.1520(e). The RFC, defined generally as the claimant’s ability to perform physical and mental work activities on a sustained basis despite the limitations, is relevant to both the fourth and fifth steps of the analysis. ... The Court concludes that that rationale from Hutton applies here because the ALJ simply did not address Plaintiff’s mild mental limitations in the RFC determination. ... Thus, the Court concludes that the ALJ should have considered whether Plaintiff’s mild mental limitations assessed at step two should be reflected in Plaintiff’s RFC.

At step four, the ALJ must assess the claimant's residual functional capacity and past relevant work, and must explain how a mental limitation affects that assessment.

Siry v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2025-08-25(a)(4)(iv)

Here, because the ALJ merely used the same boilerplate language at step 4 that has been rejected by other courts, this language is an insufficient explanation of the impact that Plaintiff’s mental limitation had on her RFC. ... Thus, like the courts concluded in Gunn and Patricia C. when faced with identical boilerplate language, the language of the ALJ here on Plaintiff’s minimal mental limitation falls short of the “more detailed assessment” required at step 4 when a mental limitation is found. ... Accordingly, the case will be remanded for consideration of Plaintiff’s minimal mental imitation in the formulation of the RFC.

At step four, § 404.1520(e)-(f) requires an ALJ to determine the claimant’s residual functional capacity and ability to perform past relevant work, and ends the disability inquiry if the claimant can perform that work.

REAVES v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY · filed 2025-10-06(e)-(f)

As set forth above, step four requires the ALJ to determine an applicant’s RFC and analyze whether the applicant can perform past relevant work. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(e). If the applicant can perform past relevant work, she is not disabled and the inquiry ends. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(f). ... Accordingly, the Court rejects Plaintiff’s arguments that the ALJ erred at step four.

At step four, the ALJ must determine the claimant’s residual functional capacity and whether the claimant can perform past relevant work; if the claimant can perform that work, the disability inquiry ends.

CARTER · filed 2025-10-31(e), (f)

At step four of the sequential evaluation process, the ALJ must determine a claimant’s RFC and assess whether she can perform her past relevant work. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(e). If the claimant retains the ability to perform such work, the inquiry ends. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(f).

Section 404.1520(e) requires the ALJ at step four to determine a claimant’s residual functional capacity by considering all relevant medical and other evidence.

Davies · filed 2025-11-19(e)

At step four, the ALJ must determine a claimant’s RFC by considering all relevant medical and other evidence. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(e). ... Overall, the ALJ adequately explained his treatment of Plaintiff’s subjective pain complaints and RFC finding, and the ALJ’s analysis is supported by substantial evidence in the record.

At step four, § 404.1520(e) requires the ALJ to determine a claimant’s residual functional capacity by considering all relevant medical and other evidence.

Lawton · filed 2025-11-21(e)

At step four, the ALJ must determine a claimant’s RFC by considering all relevant medical and other evidence.

Section 404.1520(a)(4)(iv) requires the ALJ to determine a claimant’s residual functional capacity before Step Four of the disability analysis.

Burns · filed 2025-11-24(a)(4)(iv)

Prior to Step Four of the sequential analysis in a disability determination, the ALJ is required to determine a claimant’s RFC. See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iv).

Section 404.1520(e) requires the ALJ at step four to determine a claimant’s residual functional capacity by considering all relevant medical and other evidence.

Hall · filed 2026-01-05(e)

At step four, the ALJ must determine a claimant’s RFC by considering all relevant medical and other evidence. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(e).

Section 404.1520(e) requires an administrative law judge at Step Four to determine a claimant’s residual functional capacity by considering all relevant medical and other evidence.

Glenn · filed 2026-01-26(e)

At Step Four, the ALJ must determine a claimant’s RFC by considering all relevant medical and other evidence. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(e).

Section 404.1520(e) requires the ALJ at step four to determine a claimant’s residual functional capacity by considering all relevant medical and other evidence.

Muoio · filed 2026-02-19(e)

At Step Four, the ALJ must determine a claimant’s RFC by considering all relevant medical and other evidence. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(e), 416.920(e). ... The Court finds that, by stating that Muoio could engage in competitive work “provided the frequency of his interactions with others is controlled,” the ALJ adequately explained that he agreed with Dr. Rudy’s opinion that Muoio was limited to occasional contact with others, but that he did not agree with Dr. Zeune’s and Dr. Rudy’s opinions that he was also limited to superficial contact with others.

Section 404.1520(e) requires the ALJ to determine residual functional capacity before deciding whether a claimant can perform past relevant work.

Y. Chatham v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2019-04-18(e)

Before the ALJ conducts step four of the analysis, she must determine the RFC.

Section 404.1520(a)(4)(iv) requires the ALJ to determine a claimant’s residual functional capacity before step four of the disability evaluation.

Covington · filed 2026-05-26(a)(4)(iv)

Prior to Step Four of the sequential analysis in a disability determination, the ALJ is required to determine a claimant’s RFC. See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iv).

Section 404.1520 requires the ALJ to assess residual functional capacity and the claimant’s ability to return to past relevant work at step four.

Woods v. Berryhill · filed 2018-10-11(a)(4)(iv)

At Step Four, the ALJ must assess: (1) the claimant's residual functional capacity (“RFC”); and (2) the claimant's ability to return to her past relevant work. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iv).

At step four, the ALJ determines the claimant’s residual functional capacity and considers whether the claimant can perform past relevant work.

Piastucha v. Kijakazi · filed 2021-08-24(a)(4)(iv)

At step four of the sequential evaluation, the ALJ must determine the claimant’s RFC. 20 C.F.R. §§ 416.920(a)(4)(iv), 404.1520(a)(4)(iv). ... Plaintiff does not point to any specific evidence of limitations caused by her neuropathy or evidence of neurocognitive limitations that the ALJ improperly rejected. ... Defendant argues the ALJ was not required to incorporate properly rejected evidence into the RFC. ECF No. 18 at 12. The Court agrees with Defendant’s analysis.

Section 404.1520(a)(4)(iv) requires the ALJ to determine a claimant's residual functional capacity before proceeding to Step Four of the disability evaluation.

Forgason v. Social Security Administration Commissioner · filed 2023-05-31(a)(4)(iv)

Prior to Step Four of the sequential analysis in a disability determination, the ALJ is required to determine a claimant's RFC. See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iv).

At step four, the ALJ must assess the claimant’s residual functional capacity and ability to return to past relevant work using all relevant medical and other evidence.

Jones v. Saul · filed 2020-11-23(a)(4)(iv), (e)

At Step Four,8 the ALJ must assess: (1) the claimant's residual functional capacity (“RFC”); and (2) the claimant's ability to return to her past relevant work. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iv). ... Moreover, the ALJ will “assess and make a finding about [the claimant's] residual functional capacity based on all the relevant medical and other evidence” in the case. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(e). ... Here, the undersigned finds that the ALJ’s decision adequately indicates that she considered the record as a whole in formulating the RFC.

At step four, § 404.1520(a)(4)(iv) requires determining the claimant’s residual functional capacity before deciding whether the claimant can continue in prior work.

Lupo v. Saul · filed 2020-11-23(a)(4)(iv)

As part of the fourth step, the Commissioner determines the claimant’s RFC before deciding if the claimant can continue in his or her prior type of work. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iv).

Section 404.1520(a)(4)(iv) requires the ALJ at step four to determine whether the claimant’s residual functional capacity permits return to past relevant work.

Adams v. Commissioner Social Security Administration · filed 2020-11-20(a)(4)(iv)

At step four of the sequential evaluation process, the ALJ must determine whether the claimant’s RFC allows her to return to her past relevant work. Lester v. Chater, 81 F.3d 821, 828 n.5 (9th Cir. 1995); see also 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iv).

At step four, § 404.1520(f) provides that a claimant who can still perform past relevant work is found not disabled.

Chapman v. Commissioner, Social Security Administration · filed 2020-11-30(f)

At step four, if a claimant is able to perform past relevant work, the claimant is not disabled. See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(f) (“If you can still do [past relevant work], we will find that you are not disabled.”).

At step four, the claimant bears the burden of showing that they cannot perform their past relevant work.

(SS) Mallory v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2021-02-16(e)

At step four, the claimant bears the burden of showing that he or she does not have the residual functional capacity to engage in “past relevant work.” 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(e) & 416.920(e); Tackett, 180 F.3d at 1098. A job qualifies as past relevant work only if it involved substantial gainful activity. See 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1560, 404.1565, 416.960 & 416.965. If a claimant can perform his or her past relevant work, then he or she is not disabled. If not, or if he or she did not do past relevant work, then the ALJ moves to step five, in which he or she determines if the claimant has the residual functional capacity to do other substantial gainful work.

Section 404.1520(a)(4)(iv) ends the sequential evaluation at step four when the claimant can perform past relevant work, so the ALJ need not proceed to step five.

Sholle v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2021-05-24(a)(4)(iv)

As the ALJ properly determined that Plaintiff could perform his past work, she did not need to proceed to step five. See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iv).

At Step 4, the claimant bears the burden of proving inability to return to past relevant work, and the adjudicator must determine whether the claimant’s residual functional capacity permits that work after finding the RFC and the work’s physical and mental demands.

ALBERT v. SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION COMMISSIONER · filed 2021-06-20(f)

The ALJ reached Step 4 of the sequential evaluation process, at which stage the claimant bears the burden of proving inability to return to past relevant work. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(f); Bowen v. Yuckert, 482 U.S. 137, 146 n.5 (1987). At this step, the commissioner must make findings of the plaintiff’s RFC and the physical and mental demands of past work and determine whether the plaintiff’s RFC would permit performance of that work. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(f); Social Security Ruling 82-62 (“SSR 82-62”), reprinted in West’s Social Security Reporting Service Rulings 1975-1982, at 813.

At step four, § 404.1520 requires the ALJ to determine whether the claimant can perform past relevant work and make the factual findings needed to support that determination; an error at that step may be harmless when a supported step-five determination provides an alternative basis.

Thomas v. Saul · filed 2021-07-01(e)

The ALJ must, however, “make the requisite factual findings to support [her] conclusion.” Pinto, 249 F.3d at 844. Accordingly, it is the ALJ’s duty to examine a plaintiff’s “residual functional capacity and the physical and mental demands’ of [plaintiff’s] past relevant work.” Pinto, 249 F.3d at 844-45. See also, 20 C.F.R. §§404.1520(e). ... Here, the ALJ erred at step four by failing to make these specific findings. ... Since the ALJ proceeded to step five of the disability analysis, the ALJ’s error at step four is harmless.

At step four, § 404.1520(f) requires determining whether a claimant’s impairment prevents past relevant work by considering the claimant’s RFC and the physical and mental demands of prior work.

Brown v. Berryhill · filed 2020-09-29(f)

At Step 4, the ALJ determines claimant’s RFC and thus whether a claimant is prevented from doing his past relevant work. 20 C.F.R. §§ 416.920(f), 404.1520(f). RFC is the most a claimant can still do in a work setting despite that claimant’s physical or mental limitations.

At step four, a claimant is not disabled if her impairments do not prevent her from doing past relevant work.

Channy V. v. Saul · filed 2020-09-30(e)

Fourth, if a claimant’s impairments do not prevent her from doing past relevant work, she is not disabled. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(e).

At step four, the regulation requires comparing a claimant's residual functional capacity with the demands of past relevant work and finding the claimant not disabled if the claimant can still perform that work.

Soto v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2020-11-25(f)

The ALJ then relied on testimony from a vocational expert who—in response to a hypothetical posed about someone with Plaintiff’s RFC—found that Plaintiff was able to perform her past relevant work as an office clerk. (Tr. 30; 76-77.) Having found that Plaintiff was capable of performing her past relevant work, the ALJ was not required to proceed to step five. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(f) (“[W]e will compare our residual functional capacity assessment . . . with the physical and mental demands of your past relevant work. . . . If you can still do this kind of work, we will find that you are not disabled.”).

Section 404.1520(a)(4)(iv) requires the ALJ, at step four of the sequential evaluation, to assess the claimant’s residual functional capacity and ability to perform past relevant work.

Sanchez v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2021-08-20(a)(4)(iv)

At step four of the sequential evaluation process, the ALJ assesses the claimant’s RFC and ability to perform past relevant work. See 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(a)(4)(iv), 404.1545.

Section 404.1520 requires the ALJ at step four to compare a claimant’s residual functional capacity with the demands of past relevant work and find the claimant not disabled if the claimant can still perform that work.

Sherman v. Kijakazi (CONSENT) · filed 2021-08-31(a)(4)(iv), (e), (f)

At the fourth step of the sequential evaluation process, the ALJ must assess the claimant’s RFC and the claimant’s ability to return to his past relevant work. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iv). The ALJ uses the RFC to decide whether the claimant can perform his past relevant work by comparing the RFC assessment with the physical and mental demands of the claimant’s past relevant work. Rivera-Cruzada v. Comm’r of Soc. Sec., 741 F. App’x 737, 739 (11th Cir. 2018); 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(e),(f). ... If the claimant “can still do this kind of work,” the ALJ will find that the claimant is not disabled. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(f); 20 C.F.R. § 404.1560(b)(3) (“If we find that you have the residual functional capacity to do your past relevant work, we will determine that you can still do your past work and are not disabled.”); Jackson v. Bowen, 801 F.2d 1291, 1293 (11th Cir. 1986).

Section 404.1520(a)(4)(iv) requires the ALJ at step four to determine whether the claimant's residual functional capacity permits returning to past relevant work; if it does, the claimant is not disabled.

Muiznieks v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2021-09-03(a)(4)(iv)

At step four of the five-step disability evaluation process, the ALJ must determine whether the claimant’s RFC allows him to return to his past relevant work. Lester v. Chater, 81 F.3d 821, 828 n.5 (9th Cir. 1995); see also 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iv). The claimant bears the burden of proving that he cannot perform his past relevant work either as actually performed or as generally performed in the national economy. Stacy v. Colvin, 825 F.3d 563, 569 (9th Cir. 2016). If the claimant is able to perform his past relevant work as actually or generally performed, the claimant is not disabled. Pinto v. Massanari, 249 F.3d 840, 845 (9th Cir. 2001).

At steps four and five, the sequential evaluation requires the ALJ to consider the claimant’s mild and moderate mental limitations in determining residual functional capacity and the ability to perform past or other work.

CARRATURA v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY · filed 2021-09-08(e), (f)

Thus, the ALJ must expressly consider the impact of Plaintiff’s moderate and mild limitations on his interactions with others when determining whether Plaintiff retained the ability to perform his prior work. ... Notably, the ALJ did not consider Plaintiff’s mild or moderate mental limitations in reaching her alternate step five finding, nor did she solicit testimony from the vocational expert related to these additional jobs in light of Plaintiff’s mild and moderate mental limitations. ... Accordingly, the Court remands this case for the ALJ to consider how, if at all, Plaintiff’s mental limitations impact his RFC and ability to work.

Section 404.1520 requires a five-step disability evaluation and ends the evaluation at step four with a finding of not disabled when the claimant can perform past relevant work.

Wilbers v. Kijakazi · filed 2021-09-27(a)(4)(iv)

Fourth, if the claimant’s impairment is severe, but it does not meet or equal one of the presumptively disabling impairments, the Commissioner assesses whether the claimant retains the “residual functional capacity” (“RFC”) to perform his or her past relevant work. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(a)(4)(iv), 404.1545(a)(5)(i), 416.920(a)(4)(iv), 416.945(a)(5)(i). ... However, the ALJ found plaintiff not disabled at step four of the evaluation process because she could perform her past relevant work. As a result, the guidelines are not applicable to this case. See, e.g., Phillips v. Astrue, 671 F.3d 699, 702 (8th Cir. 2012).

Section 404.1520 requires a finding of not disabled at step four when a claimant can still perform past relevant work, so the ALJ need not proceed to step five.

Abrams, Jeff v. Saul, Andrew · filed 2021-10-21(a)(4)(iv), (g)(1)

At step four of the sequential evaluation process, the ALJ relied on the VE’s testimony regarding Abrams’s past work, see AR 66, in finding that Abrams could perform his past relevant work as a vice president of operations. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(a)(4)(iv) (“At the fourth step, we consider our assessment of your residual functional capacity and your past relevant work. If you can still do your past relevant work, we will find that you are not disabled.”).

Section 404.1520(f) requires the ALJ to determine whether a claimant’s residual functional capacity permits performance of the requirements of past relevant work.

Johnson v. Saul · filed 2022-01-12(f)

At step four, the ALJ must determine whether the plaintiff has the RFC to perform the requirements of his past relevant work. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(f).