20 C.F.R. § 404.1545

Section 404.1545(a) requires an RFC assessment to consider all relevant evidence, including medical evidence, opinions, claimant testimony, and statements to medical providers.

Tuttle v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2024-08-20(a)

The RFC must be based on all relevant evidence in the record, including medical evidence, medical reports and opinions, the claimant’s testimony, and statements the claimant made to medical providers.

Section 404.1545(a)(3) requires an ALJ to base the RFC assessment on all relevant evidence, including medical opinions, daily activities, symptoms, and treatment effects.

Mershon v. O'Malley · filed 2024-08-21(a)(3)

An ALJ must base a claimant’s RFC on all relevant evidence in the record, including the claimant’s medical history, medical findings and opinions, reports of daily activities, and the effects of the claimant’s symptoms and treatment.

Section 404.1545(a)(3) requires an ALJ to review all relevant medical and other evidence when determining residual functional capacity, but does not require limitations unsupported by the record.

Guthrie v. Social Security Administration · filed 2024-08-27(a)(3)

An ALJ must review all the relevant medical and other evidence when determining a claimant’s RFC, and an ALJ is not required to include limitations that are not supported by the evidence in the record.

Section 404.1545(a) requires an RFC assessment based on relevant evidence of the claimant’s functional limitations, including medical and testimonial evidence.

Reynolds-Taylor v. O'Malley · filed 2024-08-29(a)

The ALJ properly established plaintiff’s RFC based upon all the record evidence in this case, including medical and testimonial evidence. Because the record contains some medical evidence that supports the RFC and substantial evidence on the record as a whole supports the determination, the ALJ did not err.

In determining residual functional capacity, an ALJ must consider all relevant medical and other evidence, including medical sources’ statements about what the claimant can still do.

Blando v. Commissioner of the Social Security Administration · filed 2024-08-29(a)(3)

In making the RFC determination, the ALJ must consider all relevant medical and other evidence, including any statements about what the claimant can still do provided by any medical sources. See 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1545(a)(3), 404.1546(c).

Section 404.1545(a)(3) requires the ALJ to assess residual functional capacity using relevant medical and non-medical evidence, including medical source statements about what the claimant can still do.

Clark v. O'Malley · filed 2024-09-03(a)(3)

The ALJ is responsible for assessing Plaintiff’s RFC based on a review of relevant medical and non-medical evidence, including any statement about what Plaintiff can still do, provided by any medical source.

Section 404.1545(a)(3) requires the ALJ to assess residual functional capacity based on all relevant medical and other evidence in the record.

MIDDLEBROOKS v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY · filed 2024-09-04(a)(3)

The ALJ is required to assess the RFC “based on all of the relevant medical and other evidence” in the record, which the ALJ here did when he evaluated the persuasiveness of the prior administrative agency medical findings and found them not fully persuasive because of later medical evidence and the absence of findings of muscle atrophy in later medical evidence, both of which were unavailable to the medical consultants. See 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1545(a)(3), 404.1546(c).

Section 404.1545(a)(3) requires the ALJ to consider all evidence, including descriptions of limitations and medical reports, when assessing a claimant’s capacity for work.

Loaris v. Kijakazi · filed 2024-09-05(a)(3)

The regulations provide that the ALJ must assess all the evidence, including the claimant’s and others’ descriptions of the limitations, and medical reports, to determine what capacity the claimant has for work despite his or her impairments. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1545(a)(3) and 416.945(a)(3).

Section 404.1545 requires an RFC assessment to consider all relevant evidence; an ALJ may omit a claimed limitation when the medical evidence and opinions do not support it.

Bermudez-Colon v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2024-09-05

When formulating a claimant’s RFC, the ALJ must base his determination on all relevant evidence, including a plaintiff’s medical record, the medical opinions, and a claimant’s descriptions of his limitations. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1545, 404.1546. ... Thus, in light of the objective medical evidence and medical opinions finding that Plaintiff did not have any manipulative limitations, the ALJ reasonably excluded manipulative limitations from Plaintiff’s RFC.

Section 404.1545 permits an ALJ to omit RFC limitations drawn from testimony and opinions the ALJ reasonably discounted.

Shaner v. Commissioner Social Security Administration · filed 2024-09-03

Because the Court finds the ALJ supported the decision to discount Plaintiffs testimony and Dr. Khwaja’s opinions with substantial evidence, it was reasonable for the ALJ to omit limitations expressed in those aspects of the record from the RFC.

Section 404.1545(a)(3) requires the ALJ to assess residual functional capacity using all relevant medical and other evidence.

Brunke v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2024-09-10(a)(3)

The ALJ is responsible for assessing a claimant’s RFC based on all of the relevant medical and other evidence.

Section 404.1545(a)(3) requires an ALJ to assess residual functional capacity using all relevant medical and other evidence.

Minks v. SSA · filed 2024-09-12(a)(3)

When making an RFC finding, the ALJ must assess the claimant’s RFC “based on all of the relevant medical and other evidence.” 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(3); 20 C.F.R. § 416.945(a)(3). ... ALJ Crocker adequately weighed the evidence under the regulations, and substantial evidence supports his conclusions.

An RFC must be based on all relevant evidence about the claimant’s limitations, including the combined effects of impairments.

Walker v. O'Malley · filed 2024-09-23(a)(1)

An RFC measures the tasks a person can perform given her limitations based on “all the relevant evidence” in the administrative record. ... Indeed, the ALJ supplied substantial evidence to support her evaluation of John’s depression, arthritis, and other impairments, both alone and in combination.

Section 404.1545 requires an ALJ to consider the entire medical record when determining residual functional capacity.

Ballard v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2024-09-24(a)(3)

An ALJ is required to consider the entire medical record when making an RFC determination.

Section 404.1545 requires an RFC assessment to consider all relevant evidence, including medical records, medical opinions, and the claimant’s descriptions of limitations.

Acosta-Perez v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2024-09-24

When formulating a claimant’s RFC, the ALJ must base his determination on all relevant evidence, including a plaintiff’s medical record, the medical opinions, and a claimant’s descriptions of his limitations.

Section 404.1545 requires an ALJ to assess residual functional capacity using all relevant record evidence, including medical evidence, the claimant’s statements, and observations from others.

Fairchild v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2024-09-20(a)(1), (3)

The ALJ must determine the claimant’s RFC based on “all the relevant evidence in [the] case record,” which includes objective medical evidence, statements from medical sources, the claimant’s own statements about symptoms and limitations, and observations from non-medical sources, like family, friends, neighbors, etc. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(1), (3); see also Craft, 539 F.3d at 676; Social Security Ruling 96-5P, 1996 WL 374183, at *5 (July 2, 1996).

An RFC assessment must consider all relevant evidence, including the claimant’s testimony; an ALJ cannot use an already formulated RFC to discount that testimony.

Dentler v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2024-09-23(a)(1)

The RFC is the most a claimant can do despite limitations, based on all relevant evidence in the record. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1545(a)(1), 416.945(a)(1). ... The ALJ’s approach here—starting with the RFC and retroactively justifying it—is “inconsistent with the Social Security Act and should not be used in disability decisions.” Laborin, 867 F.3d at 1153. An ALJ must consider a claimant’s testimony when formulating the RFC.

An RFC assessment considers relevant medical and other evidence, including evidence of how impairments affect the claimant’s ability to work.

McDonald v. O'Malley (CONSENT) · filed 2024-09-26(a)(3)

Without evidence that these impairments impact his ability to do work, the Court cannot say the ALJ’s RFC determination was not supported by substantial evidence.

The ALJ assesses residual functional capacity using relevant medical and nonmedical evidence, including medical sources’ statements about what the claimant can still do.

McKean v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2024-09-26(a)(3)

The ALJ is responsible for assessing plaintiff’s RFC based on a review of relevant medical and non-medical evidence, including any statement about what plaintiff can still do, provided by any medical sources. Id. §§ 404.1527(d), 404.1545(a)(3), 404.1546(c).

Section 404.1545 requires an ALJ to consider medical and nonmedical evidence when assessing residual functional capacity.

Holmes v. Kijakazi · filed 2024-09-27(a)(3)

The ALJ, as required by 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1545, assessed all the “medical and nonmedical evidence.”

Section 404.1545 requires an RFC assessment to consider all relevant evidence, including medical evidence and statements from the claimant and other sources.

Spiller v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2024-09-30(a)(1), (a)(3)

The ALJ must determine the claimant’s RFC based on “all the relevant evidence in [the] case record,” which includes objective medical evidence, statements from medical sources, the claimant’s own statements about symptoms and limitations, and statements from non-medical sources, like family, friends, neighbors, etc. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(1), (3); see also Craft, 539 F.3d at 676; Social Security Ruling 96-5p, 1996 WL 374183, at *5 (July 2, 1996).

An RFC assessment must consider all relevant medical and other evidence, but the ALJ need not expressly discuss every item considered.

Jarrell v. SSA · filed 2024-09-30(a)(3)

In determining a claimant’s RFC, the ALJ must “evaluate[] all relevant medical and other evidence and consider[] what weight to assign to treating, consultative, and examining physicians’ opinions.” Eslinger v. Comm’r of Soc. Sec., 476 Fed.Appx. 618, 621 (6th Cir. 2012) (citing 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(3)). ... Here, Kleber’s analysis indicates that she did review the record—including evidence that Jarrell had an antalgic gait—when making the RFC determination such that there has been a minimal level of articulation of how she assessed the evidence.

An RFC assessment considers medical source statements and observations from the claimant and others about limitations caused by impairments.

NIEVES v. KIJAKAZI · filed 2024-09-30(a)(2)

The ALJ also considers “any statements about what [a claimant] can still do that have been provided by medical sources” and “descriptions and observations of [the claimant’s] limitations from [their] impairments” provided by the claimant or “family, neighbors, friends, or other persons.” Id. at § 404.1545(a)(2).

Section 404.1545(a)(1) requires the ALJ to consider all relevant evidence when determining what a claimant can do despite mental and physical limitations.

Monet-Moyano v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2024-09-30(a)(1)

In assessing an individual’s impairments, the ALJ considers all the relevant evidence in the case record to determine the most the individual can do in a work setting despite the limitations imposed by her mental and physical impairments. See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(1).

Residual functional capacity is based on all relevant evidence in the record rather than a single medical opinion or piece of evidence.

Raatz v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2024-09-25(a)(1)

The RFC is “the most [a plaintiff] can still do despite [her] limitations and is based on all relevant evidence in the record rather than a single medical opinion or piece of evidence.” 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(1). ... Although the Plaintiff has an alternative view of the record, the Court finds that the ALJ reasonably considered all evidence in the record, including the records cited to in Plaintiff’s brief, but ultimately found the RFC to be supported by substantial evidence in the record.

Section 404.1545(a) requires the ALJ to consider evidence about all impairments, including nonsevere impairments, and statements from medical sources and the claimant when assessing residual functional capacity.

Brown v. Kijakazi · filed 2024-09-26(a)

The ALJ must consider all record evidence about all the claimant's impairments, including those that are not severe, and must consider statements about what a claimant can do from medical sources and the claimant.

Residual functional capacity is the most a claimant can do despite limitations and is assessed using all relevant evidence in the record.

Robinson v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2024-09-26(a)(1)

An RFC is the most a claimant can do despite their limitations and is based upon all relevant evidence in the record, including medical records, medical source statements, and symptom testimony.

Section 404.1545(a)(1) defines residual functional capacity as the maximum work a claimant can perform despite limitations.

Townsend v. O'Malley · filed 2024-09-26(a)(1)

A claimant’s RFC is the maximum work that she can perform despite any limitations.

An RFC finding that a claimant can meet light work’s standing and walking requirements must have evidentiary support for the claimant’s physical ability to function.

Ray v. Kijakazi · filed 2024-09-26

For all of the above reasons, the Court finds that the record does not contain medical evidence addressing Plaintiff’s physical ability to function in the workplace with respect to walking and standing, and thus the Court cannot determine whether the ALJ’s finding that Plaintiff could perform the standing and walking requirements of light work is supported by substantial evidence.

Section 404.1545 permits an ALJ to make an RFC finding consistent with the record after considering all medical evidence and appropriately analyzing the medical opinions.

Girdlestone v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2024-09-26

As long as the ALJ considers all the medical evidence and appropriately analyzes the medical opinions, an RFC consistent with the record is not error.

An RFC need not include mild mental limitations when the record shows they do not limit the person’s ability to work.

Arnold v. Social Security Administration Commissioner · filed 2024-09-27

With an eye toward harmony, the Court finds that the ALJ determined that the mild limitations from Step Two were contradicted by other evidence in the record to such a degree than the RFC formulation at Step Four did not require the inclusion of any mental limitations.

Section 404.1545(a) defines residual functional capacity as the most a claimant can do despite impairments and bases the assessment on all relevant evidence.

Sinel v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2024-09-27(a)

A claimant’s RFC is the most a claimant can do despite the limitations caused by his impairments. ... The RFC is based on all the relevant evidence in the record and is used at Step 4 of the sequential evaluation to decide if a claimant can do his past relevant work and, if necessary, at Step 5 to decide if a claimant can adjust to other work that exists in significant numbers in the national economy. ... Accordingly, the ALJ properly determined Plaintiff’s RFC.

Residual functional capacity is based on all relevant evidence in the case record; it need not match a medical opinion.

Schluter v. O'Malley · filed 2024-09-27(a)

Plaintiff provides no case law in support of his contention that an ALJ’s determination must be tethered to a medical opinion. Instead, the regulations simply state that the RFC is based on all the relevant evidence in the case record. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a).

Section 404.1545(a) calls for assessing a claimant’s ability to work despite impairments based on all relevant evidence.

Lucio v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2024-09-27(a)

The RFC is an ALJ’s assessment, based on all relevant evidence, of a claimant’s ability to work, despite her impairments. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1545(a), 416.945(a).

Section 404.1545(a)(1) defines residual functional capacity as the most a person can still do despite limitations.

Silvares v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2024-09-30(a)(1)

An individual’s residual functional capacity (“RFC”) is the most an individual can still do despite his or her limitations. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(1).

Section 404.1545 assesses what a claimant can do in a work setting despite functional and environmental limits from all medically determinable impairments.

Lau v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2024-09-30

RFC is a medical assessment of what an individual can do in a work setting in spite of functional limitations and environmental restrictions imposed by all of his medically determinable impairments. See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545. ... Contrary to plaintiff’s contentions, the neck restrictions are neither vague nor internally inconsistent.

Section 404.1545(a) requires the ALJ to formulate residual functional capacity based on all relevant evidence in the record.

Gomez v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2024-09-30(a)

Under SSA regulations, the ALJ is required to formulate the RFC based on all relevant evidence in the record.

An ALJ’s RFC assessment of obesity can stand when the decision meaningfully considers the impairment and substantial evidence supports the evaluation, despite a limited explanation.

Coley v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration · filed 2024-09-30(a)

In all, the Court disagrees with Plaintiff that the ALJ’s lack of explanation requires remand, and the Court finds that substantial evidence supports the ALJ’s evaluation of Plaintiff’s obesity.

Residual functional capacity measures the most a claimant can do despite limitations, including pain; the absence of a substantial risk of further injury does not establish full capacity.

Darge v. O'Malley · filed 2024-09-30(a)(1)

But injury prevention—and “substantial” risk at that—does not necessarily mean that Darge did not have pain preventing her from performing at full capacity. See R. 465; 20 C.F.R. § 1545(a)(1) (advising that RFC means “the most” a claimant can still do despite his or her limitations). That’s a different standard.

Section 404.1545(a)(1) requires the ALJ to assess residual functional capacity based on all relevant evidence in the claimant’s record.

Hoxie v. Kijakazi · filed 2024-09-26(a)(1)

The ALJ is responsible for “assess[ing]” a claimant’s RFC “based on all the relevant evidence in [their] case record.” 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(1). ... Michelle H.’s contention that the ALJ failed to consider those factors is unsupported. On the contrary, the ALJ expressly considered Michelle H.’s testimony regarding her fatigue, shortness of breath, and rapid heartbeat episodes, Tr. 757-58; considered her medical treatment notes, which confirmed that Michelle H. had experienced those symptoms, Tr. 758-60; and considered the psychological opinions of medical professionals, which provided that Michelle H. had moderate concentration and memory limitations, Tr. 755-56.

Section 404.1545(a)(1) requires the ALJ to assess residual functional capacity using all relevant evidence, including work activity after the alleged onset of disability.

Devine v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2024-10-02(a)(1)

The ALJ “will assess a claimant’s residual functional capacity based on all the relevant evidence in [his] case record.” 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(1). ... At the Administrative hearing, the ALJ relied on objective medical findings, treatments received, and Petitioner’s work activity. (R. 31.) ... Based on this information, the ALJ determined that the light work Mr. Devine performed in 2022 (after the alleged onset) was similar to the work the ALJ found he could perform. ... Upon review of Judge Wells’ analysis in her July 15, 2024, Report & Recommendation, the Court overrules Mr. Devine's objections, adopts Judge Wells’ Report and Recommendation, and denies Mr. Devine's request for review.

Section 404.1545(a)(3) calls for an RFC assessment based on all relevant evidence; the assessment need not mirror any particular opinion.

(SS) Brown v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2024-10-03(a)(3)

The RFC need not mirror any particular opinion; it is an assessment formulated by the ALJ based on all relevant evidence. See 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1545(a)(3).

Section 404.1545(a) requires the ALJ to base residual functional capacity on all relevant evidence in the case record, without requiring support from a particular medical opinion.

Lathrop v. O'Malley · filed 2024-10-10(a)

Instead, the regulations simply state that the ALJ must base the RFC on all the relevant evidence in the case record. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a).

Section 404.1545 requires an ALJ to base the residual functional capacity assessment on all relevant evidence and consider the claimant’s ability to meet the requirements of work.

Williams v. Commissioner of the Social Security Administration · filed 2024-10-15(a)(3), (a)(4)

An ALJ’s RFC assessment should be based on all relevant evidence and will consider the claimant’s ability to meet the physical, mental, sensory, and other requirements of work. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(3) and (4).

Section 404.1545(a)(1) requires the ALJ to determine residual functional capacity using all relevant record evidence, including medical opinions.

Rambo v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2024-10-21(a)(1)

An ALJ is charged with determining a claimant’s residual functional capacity (“RFC”) based on all the relevant evidence in the claimant’s record. See 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1545(a)(1); 404.1546(c); Poe v. Comm’r of Soc. Sec., 342 Fed. Appx. 149, 157 (6th Cir. 2009). That includes medical opinion evidence. ... Ultimately, the ALJ’s RFC determination in the present case was sufficiently supported by the objective evidence and medical opinions.

Section 404.1545(a) requires an ALJ to assess residual functional capacity using all relevant, credible evidence, including medical records, observations, and the claimant’s account of her limitations.

Frapolli v. O'Malley · filed 2024-10-29(a)

An ALJ must assess a claimant’s RFC based upon all relevant, credible evidence in the record, including medical records, the observations of treating physicians and others, and the claimant’s own description of her symptoms and limitations.

Section 404.1545(a)(3) requires an RFC assessment to consider all relevant medical and nonmedical evidence in the case record.

ECKERT v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY · filed 2024-10-30(a)(3)

The RFC is based on all the relevant evidence in a case record—medical and nonmedical. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1545(a)(3), 416.945(a)(1), (a)(3).

Section 404.1545(a)(3) makes the ALJ responsible for assessing residual functional capacity from all relevant evidence without being bound by a single medical opinion.

Derocker v. O'Malley · filed 2024-10-02(a)(3)

She did not err by properly exercising her role as the final arbiter of Plaintiff’s RFC. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(3).

An ALJ assesses residual functional capacity from the record as a whole, including relevant medical and nonmedical evidence.

Garcia v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2024-10-04(a)(3)

The ALJ is responsible for assessing plaintiff's RFC based on a review of relevant medical and non-medical evidence, including any statement about what plaintiff can still do, provided by any medical source.

Section 404.1545(a)(3) requires an ALJ to base residual functional capacity on all relevant evidence, including medical evidence, daily activities, and the effects of symptoms and treatment.

Hearns v. O'Malley · filed 2024-10-09(a)(3)

An ALJ must base a claimant’s RFC on all relevant evidence in the record, including the claimant’s medical history, medical findings and opinions, reports of daily activities, and the effects of the claimant’s symptoms and treatment. ... The ALJ has said enough to ensure that he considered the totality of Plaintiff’s limitations in formulating the RFC.

Section 404.1545(a)(1) defines residual functional capacity as the most work a claimant can perform despite limitations.

Duran v. O'Malley · filed 2024-10-10(a)(1)

A claimant’s RFC is the maximum work he can perform despite his limitations. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(1); SSR 96-8p, 1996 WL 374184, at *2.

Section 404.1545(a)(1) defines residual functional capacity as the most a claimant can still do despite limitations, based on all relevant evidence.

(SS) Fertig v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2024-10-11(a)(1)

The RFC is the most a claimant can still do despite their limitations and represents an assessment based on all relevant evidence.

Section 404.1545(a)(1) requires the ALJ to consider all relevant evidence when assessing a claimant’s maximum capacity for work.

Petree-Kroyer v. O'Malley · filed 2024-10-11(a)(1)

The ALJ must synthesize “all of the relevant evidence, including the medical records, observations of treating physicians and others, and an individual’s own description of her limitations” to establish the claimant’s maximum capability for work. Schmitt v. Kijakazi, 27 F.4th 1353, 1360 (8th Cir. 2022) (quoting Hensley v. Colvin, 829 F.3d 926, 931-32 (8th Cir. 2016)); see 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(1).

Section 404.1545(a) requires the ALJ to assess residual functional capacity using all relevant medical and other evidence.

Steinkamp v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2024-10-11(a)

The ALJ is tasked to assess the RFC “based on all of the relevant medical and other evidence.” See 20 C.F.R. §404.1545(a). ... In evaluation of the ALJ’s RFC assessment as to concentration, persistence, or pace, this Court takes no issue with the reliance of the ALJ upon Dr. Valette’s medical opinion.

Section 404.1545 requires the ALJ to consider both severe and nonsevere impairments when assessing residual functional capacity.

Hensinger v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2024-10-16(a)(2)

In evaluating an individual’s RFC, the ALJ considers impairments that are both “severe” and “not severe”, see 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545, “based on all the relevant medical and other evidence in [the claimant’s] case record,” 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(e).

Section 404.1545(a)(1) defines residual functional capacity as the most a claimant can do in a work setting despite impairment-related limitations; supported moderate mental limitations may be reflected in restrictions on workplace interaction.

HOOGERHYDE v. O'MALLEY · filed 2024-10-18(a)(1)

An RFC assessment is the most a claimant can do in a work setting despite the limitations caused by his or her impairments. ... The ALJ again decided Plaintiff had a moderate limitation in the ability to respond appropriately to unusual work situations and changes in the work setting and incorporated this limitation into the RFC appropriately restricting her to only occasional interaction with co-workers and/or supervisors and no direct public interaction.

Section 404.1545(a)(1) requires an ALJ assessing residual functional capacity to consider impairments and related symptoms that affect the claimant’s ability to work.

Smith v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2024-10-24(a)(1)

“To determine a claimant’s RFC, the ALJ must consider the claimant’s ‘impairment(s), and any related symptoms . . . [which] may cause physical and mental limitations that affect what [the claimant] can do in the work setting.’” Long v. Berryhill, No. 18-CV-1146 (PKC), 2019 WL 1433077, at *2 n.3 (E.D.N.Y. Mar. 29, 2019) (quoting 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(1)). ... Likewise, here, the ALJ provided logical reasons to support her decision to exclude Plaintiff’s limitation to concentrate, persist, or maintain pace in the RFC.

Residual functional capacity is the maximum work a claimant can perform despite her limitations.

Grant v. O'Malley · filed 2024-10-28(a)(1)

A claimant’s RFC is the maximum work she can perform despite her limitations. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(1); SSR 96-8p, 1996 WL 374184, at *2. ... The Court concludes that substantial evidence supports the ALJ’s mental RFC determination.

Section 404.1545 requires the ALJ to consider all relevant evidence, including symptoms, when assessing residual functional capacity.

Jackson v. O'Malley · filed 2024-10-28

In making this finding, the ALJ must consider all the relevant evidence, such as all symptoms and the extent to which the symptoms can reasonably be accepted as consistent with the objective medical evidence and other evidence. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545.

Section 404.1545 requires an ALJ assessing residual functional capacity to consider medical evidence and the claimant’s subjective symptoms, including pain and reported limitations.

Oliveira v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2024-11-07

Specifically, the ALJ must consider objective medical facts, diagnoses, and medical opinions based on such facts, as well as a plaintiff's subjective symptoms, including pain and descriptions of other limitations. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1545, 416.945.

Section 404.1545(a) measures the most a claimant can do in a work setting despite their limitations.

Knasiak v. O'Malley · filed 2024-11-08(a)

Put simply, a plaintiff’s RFC measures the most they can do despite their limitations in the work setting.

Section 404.1545 calls for an RFC assessment of the claimant’s severe and non-severe impairments and ability to sustain physical or mental work activities.

Jones v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2024-11-12

The RFC is a holistic assessment of the claimant’s medical impairments, both severe and non-severe, that evaluates the claimant’s ability to perform physical or mental work activities on a sustained basis, notwithstanding limitations for collective impairments. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1545, 416.945. ... That limitation is consistent with the ALJ’s RFC determination that Plaintiff could perform sedentary work and, thus, not contrary to Dr. Toor’s opinion that Plaintiff had moderate limitations in prolonged sitting.

Section 404.1545(a)(1) defines residual functional capacity as the most a claimant can still do despite limitations, assessed using all relevant evidence.

(SS) Beyer v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2024-11-12(a)(1)

The RFC is “the most [one] can still do despite [his or her] limitations” and represents an assessment “based on all the relevant evidence.” 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1545(a)(1), 416.945(a)(1).

Section 404.1545 does not require an ALJ to include mild limitations in the residual functional capacity assessment or explain their omission.

(SS) Stoy v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2024-11-12

Plaintiff’s argument at the outset is unavailing because there is no requirement that mild limitations must be incorporated in the RFC, or that the ALJ must explain the omission thereof.

A claimant’s hearing statements and medical records can provide sufficient evidence to determine residual functional capacity.

Kellum v. O'Malley · filed 2024-11-12(a)(1)

Indeed, Plaintiff’s statements at the hearing and the medical records are sufficient to determine Plaintiff’s RFC.

Section 404.1545 requires an RFC assessment to reflect all relevant evidence; an ALJ cannot derive functional limits solely from her own interpretation of medical records after finding the medical opinions unpersuasive.

Scholz v. O'Malley · filed 2024-11-21(a)(1)-(3)

Rather, the ALJ relied on her own interpretation of the medical records in formulating the RFC. In doing so, the ALJ improperly acted as her own medical expert by assigning RFC limitations without any medical opinion of Plaintiff’s physical functioning.

An RFC assessment must account for relevant evidence, including conflicts in the record that bear on the claimant’s ability to work.

STAIR v. O'MALLEY · filed 2024-11-27(a)(3)

The Court finds that Plaintiff’s RFC is not supported by substantial evidence as set forth in the ALJ’s current decision because the record contains conflicting evidence the ALJ has not resolved.

Section 404.1545 requires the ALJ to consider exertional tasks and mental abilities when assessing residual functional capacity.

Micaud v. Acting Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2024-12-03(b), (c)

The ALJ makes a residual-functional-capacity determination by considering the claimant’s ability to perform exertional tasks as well as the claimant’s mental abilities. 20 CFR § 404.1545(b), (c).

Section 404.1545 requires an RFC determination at step four; RFC is what a claimant can do despite limitations.

Voegele v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2024-12-03

IftheALJreachesthefourthstep,theALJmustdetermineaclaimant’sRFC,whichis what the claimant can do despite his or her limitations. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545.

Section 404.1545(a)(3) requires an ALJ to base a claimant’s residual functional capacity on all relevant evidence, including medical evidence, daily activities, symptoms, and treatment.

Robinson v. O'Malley · filed 2024-12-05(a)(3)

An ALJ must base a claimant’s RFC on all relevant evidence in the record, including the claimant’s medical history, medical findings and opinions, reports of daily activities, and the effects of the claimant’s symptoms and treatment.

Section 404.1545(a)(1) defines residual functional capacity as the most a claimant can still do despite limitations, based on all relevant evidence.

(SS) Ingram v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2024-12-06(a)(1)

The RFC is “the most [one] can still do despite [his or her] limitations” and represents an assessment “based on all the relevant evidence.”

Residual functional capacity is the most a claimant can still do despite limitations and is assessed using all relevant evidence.

(SS) Galvan v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2024-12-09(a)(1)

The RFC is “the most [one] can still do despite [his or her] limitations” and represents an assessment “based on all the relevant evidence.” 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1545(a)(1), 416.945(a)(1).

An RFC assessment reflects what a claimant can still do despite their limitations and must account for relevant evidence, including limitations requiring ready restroom access.

RUBIANO v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY · filed 2024-12-10(a)(1)–(3)

The RFC assessment reflects the most a claimant can still do despite their limitations and is based on all the relevant evidence in the claimant’s case record. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(1)–(3). ... By considering Plaintiff’s need for ready restroom access, as well as simple, repetitive work, the ALJ properly accounted for Plaintiff’s limitations in her RFC Determination.

Section 404.1545 permits an ALJ to formulate an RFC without accounting for conditions that lack supporting evidence during the relevant period.

Boulter v. Colvin · filed 2024-12-17

However, the ALJ was within his authority to discount plaintiffs symptom statements and formulate an RFC without reference to these conditions, given the lack of evidence in the record.

Section 404.1545(a)(3) requires an RFC assessment to be based on all relevant medical and other evidence.

LAYTON v. COLVIN · filed 2024-12-19(a)(3)

To determine the RFC, the ALJ must base the assessment on “all of the relevant medical and other evidence.” 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1545(a)(3), 416.945(a)(3); Fargnoli, 247 F.3d at 41. ... Accordingly, Plaintiff’s claim that the ALJ failed to cite substantial evidence in support of the RFC reaching restriction is unfounded.

Section 404.1545(a)(3) requires consideration of all relevant medical and other evidence when assessing residual functional capacity, but does not require limitations unsupported by the evidence.

Davis v. Social Security Administration · filed 2024-12-23(a)(3)

An ALJ must review all the relevant medical and other evidence in the record when determining a claimant’s RFC but is not required to include limitations that are not supported by the evidence. See McGeorge v. Barnhart, 321 F.3d 766, 769 (8th Cir. 2003); see also 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1545(a)(3), 416.945(a)(3).

Section 404.1545(a)(1) directs the ALJ to assess residual functional capacity based on all relevant evidence in the record.

Watkins v. Commissioner, Social Security Administration · filed 2025-01-02(a)(1)

And the ALJ is directed to assess the claimant’s RFC “based on all the relevant evidence in [the] record.” ... In sum, we conclude that the ALJ adequately analyzed and described Watkins’s RFC, and Watkins is not entitled to relief on this claim.

Section 404.1545(a)(1) requires an RFC assessment to consider all relevant evidence of what a claimant can do despite her impairments.

Cruz v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2025-01-03(a)(1)

A plaintiff’s RFC is the most that a claimant can do despite their impairments and is determined by assessing all the relevant evidence. See 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1545(a)(1), 416.945(a)(1). ... In particular, the Court concludes that any error in distinguishing between carpal tunnel syndrome and peripheral neuropathy was harmless, especially in the absence of a definitive diagnosis, because the ALJ appropriately evaluated the objective medical evidence in formulating the plaintiff’s RFC.

Section 404.1545(a)(3) requires the ALJ to consider all relevant medical and other evidence when assessing residual functional capacity, including statements about limitations caused by the claimant’s symptoms.

Metting v. O'Malley · filed 2025-01-10(a)(3)

In determining a claimant’s RFC, the ALJ must consider all relevant medical and other evidence, including statements by the claimant and his or her family members regarding the limitations that result from the claimant’s symptoms.

Section 404.1545(a)(3) requires an ALJ to consider medical source statements, prior administrative medical findings, and all other record evidence when determining residual functional capacity.

Barlow v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2025-01-13(a)(3)

The ALJ makes this finding based on a consideration of medical source statements, prior administrative medical findings, and all other evidence in the case record.

Section 404.1545(a) requires the ALJ to base the residual functional capacity assessment on all relevant evidence in the case record.

Magdalera v. Colvin · filed 2025-01-15(a)

Instead, the regulations simply state that the ALJ must base the RFC on all the relevant evidence in the case record. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a).

Section 404.1545 requires an RFC assessment based on all relevant evidence in the claimant’s record.

Snook v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2025-01-16(a)(1)

The RFC assessment is based on “all relevant evidence” in a claimant’s record. ... The ALJ considered the medical evidence, other evidence in the record, and the applicable criteria for listed impairments in determining the RFC. There is substantial evidence to support his decision.

Section 404.1545(a) requires the ALJ to consider medical records and descriptions of a claimant’s limitations when assessing residual functional capacity.

SARANCHAK v. KING · filed 2025-01-28(a)

In making an RFC determination, the ALJ must consider all evidence before him. See Plummer, 186 F.3d at 429. That evidence includes medical records, observations made during formal medical examinations, descriptions of limitations by the claimant and others, and observations of the claimant’s limitations by others. See Fargnoli v. Massanari, 247 F.3d 34, 41 (3d Cir. 2001); 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a).

Section 404.1545(a)(3) requires an RFC assessment to consider relevant evidence in the case record, including the claimant’s daily activities.

GINTER v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY · filed 2025-01-29(a)(3)

Evidence in the record also demonstrates Plaintiff can perform light work including sitting and standing required for that RFC based on his consistent activities such as independently caring for himself, preparing meals, driving on a regular basis to the store and to pick up his kids, performing household chores, exercising at the gym, and doing yardwork. R. 51-52, 216-18, 225-27, 401, 537, 1118, 1371; see 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(3).

Section 404.1545 requires an RFC assessment based on the whole record and the extent to which a claimant’s impairments limit work activity.

Johnson v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2025-01-29

However, an ALJ’s RFC determinations are administrative assessments based upon the totality of the evidence. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545. In conducting the RFC analysis, the Commissioner examines the whole record to determine the extent to which a claimant's alleged impairments prevent participation in meaningful work activities. Id.

An ALJ must consider objective medical evidence and the claimant’s subjective allegations when assessing residual functional capacity.

Nettesheim v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2025-01-31(a)(3)

Consistent with the regulatory requirements, the ALJ addressed both the objective medical evidence and Plaintiff’s subjective allegations regarding his alleged impairments and associated limitations. See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(3) (requiring same).

An RFC assessment must consider relevant medical and other evidence; daily activities and raw medical findings do not support a light-work RFC when they fail to establish functional capacity.

Lamberth v. Kijakazi · filed 2025-01-31(a)(3)

However, Plaintiff’s testimony of her own activities of daily living and the ALJ’s reliance on his own interpretation of the medical record without a medical opinion on Plaintiff’s RFC is not substantial evidence of an RFC of light work.

Section 404.1545(a)(3) requires an RFC assessment to be based on relevant medical and other evidence in the record.

Kardaris v. O'Malley · filed 2025-01-17(a)(3)

But ALJs, not doctors, are responsible for assessing a claimant’s RFC based on the relevant medical and other evidence. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1545(a)(3), 404.1546(c). The Court will only find an evidentiary deficit where an RFC is not tethered to any evidence. Here, as explained supra, the ALJ considered both treatment notes from Plaintiff’s treaters as well as Plaintiff’s reported activities of daily living, supporting her conclusion with more than a mere scintilla of evidence.

Section 404.1545(a) bases residual functional capacity on the limitations an impairment causes, rather than the diagnosis alone.

Casale v. Social Security Administration · filed 2025-01-17(a)

Notwithstanding, the Court notes that Plaintiff’s reliance upon the mere diagnosis of chronic pain or back pain is misplaced because it is the resultant functional limitations arising from such a condition, if any, that must be used by the Commissioner to formulate Plaintiff’s RFC.

Section 404.1545(a) requires consideration of all relevant medical and other evidence when determining a claimant’s residual functional capacity.

PFLEGER v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY · filed 2025-01-17(a)

ALJ Suarez has the exclusive responsibility of making an RFC determination and examines “all of the relevant medical and other evidence” to do so.

Residual functional capacity is the most a claimant can still do despite limitations and is assessed using all relevant evidence.

(SS) Campbell v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2025-01-17(a)(1)

The RFC is “the most [one] can still do despite [his or her] limitations” and represents an assessment “based on all the relevant evidence.”

Section 404.1545(a)(1) defines residual functional capacity as the maximum work a claimant can perform despite limitations.

Thiery v. O'Malley · filed 2025-01-24(a)(1)

A claimant’s RFC is the maximum work that she can perform despite any limitations. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(1); SSR 96-8p. ... Viewing the record as a whole, the ALJ did not commit reversible error in determining plaintiff’s mental RFC, and her request to remand the case for further consideration of this issue is denied.

An ALJ’s residual functional capacity assessment should consider all relevant evidence and the claimant’s ability to meet the physical, mental, sensory, and other requirements of work.

Abstance v. Commissioner of the Social Security Administration · filed 2025-01-24(a)(3)-(4)

An ALJ’s RFC assessment should be based on all relevant evidence and will consider the claimant’s ability to meet the physical, mental, sensory, and other requirements of work.

Section 404.1545(a)(3) requires the ALJ to determine residual functional capacity from all relevant medical and other evidence.

Viola v. King (CONSENT) · filed 2025-01-27(a)(3)

The ALJ determines RFC “based on all of the relevant medical and other evidence.” ... Thus, there is substantial evidence in the record to support the ALJ’s conclusion that Plaintiff could perform unskilled work.

Section 404.1545(a) places the determination of a claimant’s residual functional capacity with the ALJ, rather than a treating doctor.

Crosby v. O'Malley · filed 2025-01-31(a)

But it is the province of the ALJ, and not a treating doctor, to make the ultimate determination about whether a claimant is able to work, and at what residual functional capacity.

An ALJ formulates residual functional capacity by distilling what medical opinions say a claimant can do despite limitations, without copying those opinions verbatim.

Russell v. Commissioner Social Security Administration · filed 2025-02-03

An ALJ’s job is not to copy and paste medical opinions verbatim into the RFC, but rather to distill what those opinions have to say about the most a plaintiff can do “despite [her] limitations.” 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1545, 416.945.

An RFC assessment must consider relevant evidence of sleep impairment and address any supported fatigue-related limitations.

Holmes v. O'Malley · filed 2025-01-27(a)(3)

This Court concludes that the ALJ erred in her RFC assessment by failing to analyze Plaintiff’s sleep impairment and possible related limitations.

An RFC assessment must account for all relevant evidence and be reexamined when overlooked evidence or a reevaluated medical opinion may affect it.

Ferris v. O'Malley · filed 2025-01-28(a)(1)

That said, because the ALJ overlooked certain evidence in assessing Nicholas’s subjective symptom statements and must re-evaluate Dr. Blount’s opinion as discussed above, so too must the ALJ reexamine the RFC as needed.

An RFC assessment must consider relevant evidence of headache symptoms, treatment side effects, and resulting limitations.

Martel v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2025-01-22

However, there is more information set forth in the treatment notes and other evidence that is relevant not only to the step three considerations but also to the RFC findings: symptoms, side effects, limitations, etc.

An ALJ assesses residual functional capacity using all relevant evidence, not just medical opinions.

Fletcher v. Kijakazi Case remanded for further administrative proceedings. · filed 2025-02-13(a)(3)

It is proper for the ALJ to consider all the record evidence, not just the medical opinions.

An ALJ uses all relevant medical and other evidence to determine a claimant’s residual functional capacity.

Cummings v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2025-02-21(a)(3)

In formulating an RFC, an ALJ uses “all of the relevant medical and other evidence.” ... Thus, the Court finds that the ALJ’s RFC formulation is supported by substantial evidence.

Section 404.1545(a)(3) requires the ALJ to assess residual functional capacity using all relevant medical and other evidence.

Walker v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2025-02-25(a)(3)

The ALJ is responsible for assessing a claimant’s RFC based on all of the relevant medical and other evidence. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(3).

Residual functional capacity must be assessed using all relevant evidence, including the combined limiting effects of a claimant’s impairments.

Anapol v. O'Malley · filed 2025-02-25(a)(1)

In particular, the Court concludes that the ALJ appropriately weighed all of the evidence in formulating the RFC, including the “total limiting effects” of the plaintiff’s combined impairments and Dr. Siegel’s opinion that the plaintiff would miss at least four days of work each month due to chronic fatigue.

Section 404.1545(a)(3) requires the ALJ to consider all relevant medical and other evidence when determining residual functional capacity.

George v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2025-03-03(a)(3)

In making this determination, the ALJ must consider all relevant medical and other evidence, including any statements about what the claimant can still do provided by any medical sources. See 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1545(a)(3), 416.945(a)(3). ... Additionally, the ALJ’s broader RFC analysis, beyond the paragraph specifically analyzing PA McAree’s opinion, also fulsomely analyzed other portions of the record that lend support to the ALJ’s RFC finding.

An RFC assessment must consider all relevant medical and other evidence, including the claimant’s testimony about limitations caused by impairments.

Roberts-Pringle v. O'Malley · filed 2025-03-04(a)(3)

In determining a claimant’s RFC, the ALJ must base findings on “all of the relevant medical and other evidence,” including a claimant’s testimony regarding the limitations imposed by his impairments. ... In light of the foregoing, the Court agrees with Claimant that the ALJ’s dismissal of Dr. Makin’s opinion as “not persuasive” was not supported by substantial evidence.

An RFC determination must consider all relevant evidence, including medical-source diagnoses, treatment, observations, and opinions.

Mcmillan v. O'Malley · filed 2025-03-06

An RFC determination must be based on all of the relevant evidence, including the diagnoses, treatment, observations, and opinions of medical sources, such as treating and examining physicians. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545.

Section 404.1545 requires an RFC assessment to consider all relevant evidence, including medical evidence needed to assess a claimant’s physical limitations.

Frazier v. Social Security Administration Commissioner · filed 2025-03-11(a)(1)

RFC is the most a person can do despite that person’s limitations. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(1). It is assessed using all relevant evidence in the record. Id. ... After reviewing the record, the Court finds remand necessary for the ALJ to more fully and fairly develop the record with respect to Plaintiff’s alleged physical impairments.

An RFC assessment must address probative evidence of symptoms, including pain, and explain how those symptoms affect the claimant’s ability to work.

Townsend v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration · filed 2025-03-13(a)

Without “a thorough discussion and analysis of the objective medical and other evidence, including the individual’s complaints of pain and other symptoms and the adjudicator’s personal observations, if appropriate; . . . a resolution of any inconsistencies in the evidence as a whole; and . . . a logical explanation of the effects of symptoms, including pain, on the individual’s ability to work,” the ALJ’s RFC assessment is not supported by substantial evidence.

Section 404.1545 requires an RFC assessment to consider all relevant evidence, including clinical findings, medical opinions, and the claimant’s statements.

Spicer v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2025-03-14

It is a factual finding “made by the [ALJ] based on all the relevant evidence in the case record,” Felton-Miller, 459 F. App’x at 230–31, including objective clinical findings, medical opinions, and the claimant’s own statements, 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545.

An ALJ assessing residual functional capacity must consider all relevant medical and other evidence about the claimant’s remaining ability to work.

Theil v. Commissioner, Social Security Administration · filed 2025-03-05(a)(1)

In formulating the RFC, the ALJ must account for all relevant medical evidence and other evidence. Buckwalter v. Acting Comm’r of Soc. Sec., 5 F.4th 1315, 1320 (11th Cir. 2021); 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(1). ... Specifically, the ALJ properly considered Dr. Williams’s opinion about supervisor and feedback-based limitations, along with other records and medical opinions, in determining that Theil had the RFC to perform light work with certain exceptions, and substantial evidence supports the RFC.

Section 404.1545 requires an RFC assessment to consider all relevant evidence, including medical diagnoses, treatment, observations, and opinions.

Harter v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2025-03-10

An RFC determination must be based on all of the relevant evidence, including the diagnoses, treatment, observations, and opinions of medical sources, such as treating and examining physicians.

An RFC assessment must account for supported limitations from a claimant’s physical and mental impairments.

Cherry v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2025-03-12(a)(1)

Although Plaintiff argues that the ALJ failed to account for his severe impairments of cognitive impairment, depression, and anxiety, the record reveals that the ALJ in fact did account for Plaintiff’s supported limitations in the RFC assessment.

Section 404.1545(a)(3) requires the ALJ to assess residual functional capacity using medical source statements, prior administrative medical findings, and all other evidence in the record.

Martin v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2025-03-13(a)(3)

ALJs make this finding based on a consideration of medical source statements, prior administrative medical findings, and all other evidence in the case record. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1529, 404.1545(a)(3), 404.1546(c).

Section 404.1545(a)(1) requires an ALJ to assess residual functional capacity from the relevant evidence without finding a specific medical opinion persuasive.

Whitted v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration · filed 2025-03-12(a)(1)

Ms. Whitted’s argument that the ALJ “exceeded his role” by determining her RFC without finding a specific medical opinion “persuasive” must therefore fail.

Section 404.1545 requires an RFC assessment to consider all relevant evidence, including medical diagnoses, treatment, observations, and opinions.

Nekita Dawn Hall v. O'Malley · filed 2025-03-19

An RFC determination must be based on all of the relevant evidence, including the diagnoses, treatment, observations, and opinions of medical sources, such as treating and examining physicians. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545.

Section 404.1545(a)(1) requires the ALJ to consider all relevant record evidence when determining residual functional capacity.

Green v. Social Security Administration, Commissioner · filed 2025-03-20(a)(1)

Moreover, the ALJ has the duty to consider all the relevant record evidence in making the RFC determination. See 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1545(a)(1), 416.945(a)(1).

Section 404.1545 requires an RFC determination to be based on all relevant evidence, including medical diagnoses, treatment, observations, and opinions.

Medina v. O'Malley · filed 2025-03-20

An RFC determination must be based on all the relevant evidence, including diagnoses, treatment, observations, and opinions of medical sources, such as treating and examining physicians. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1545, 416.945.

Section 404.1545 requires an ALJ assessing residual functional capacity to consider medical evidence and the claimant’s subjective symptoms and limitations.

Vargas Jr. v. O'Malley · filed 2025-03-21

In rendering an RFC determination, the ALJ must consider objective medical facts, diagnoses, and medical opinions based on such facts, as well as a plaintiff’s subjective symptoms, including pain and descriptions of other limitations.

Section 404.1545(a)(1) requires the ALJ to consider all relevant record evidence when assessing residual functional capacity, including material evidence that conflicts with the assessment.

Wiley v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2025-03-24(a)(1)

In doing so, the ALJ examines “all the relevant evidence in [an applicant’s] case record.” 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(1); Webster v. Kijakazi, 19 F.4th 715, 718 (5th Cir. 2021). ... Yet the ALJ cited the data selectively, highlighting normal findings, and disregarding both the abnormal findings and Plaintiff’s testimony about his hallucinations and associated difficulties with daily activities, including that he stopped driving and struggles with personal care and concentration.

Section 404.1545 requires an RFC assessment to address relevant evidence of the claimant’s limitations, including treatment evidence that may affect the assessment.

Vega-Riopedre v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2025-03-26

The ALJ did not consider evidence that may have impacted her findings and “failed to build an accurate and logical bridge from the evidence to [her] conclusion.” ... Although the ALJ is no required to provide a written evaluation of every piece of evidence, the ALJ must address all of the relevant evidence in reaching her conclusion.

An RFC must be based on all relevant evidence in the case record; the ALJ need not rely on a specific medical opinion for each limitation.

Burns v. O'Malley · filed 2025-03-26(a)(1)

Contrary to Plaintiff’s contention, the ALJ is not required to rely upon a specific medical opinion in formulating the RFC. The regulatory framework provides that the ALJ must formulate the RFC “based on all the relevant evidence in [their] case record,” rather than a single medical opinion or piece of evidence. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(1).

Section 404.1545(a)(1) permits an ALJ to assess residual functional capacity from all relevant evidence without matching a medical opinion’s limitations, if the assessment is supported by substantial evidence.

(SS) Williams v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2025-03-25(a)(1)

Defendant acknowledges case law cited by Plaintiff in support of this argument, but nevertheless argues “the relevant inquiry is whether an ALJ’s RFC finding is supported by substantial evidence, not simply whether the RFC matched the limitations that a physician assessed.” (Doc. No. 17 at 5-6). The Court agrees. ... For the foregoing reasons, the Court finds no error in the ALJ’s consideration of the medical opinion evidence and formulation of the RFC limiting Plaintiff to “simple instructions” and “can accept instructions from supervisors.” (AR 827); see Bayliss, 427 F.3d at 1217.

Section 404.1545(a)(3) requires an RFC assessment to consider all relevant medical and other evidence; conflicting evidence about a claimant’s need for a cane does not necessarily defeat the assessment.

Wright v. Kijakazi, Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration · filed 2025-03-26(a)(3)

The RFC assessment is based on “all of the relevant medical and other evidence.” 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(3). ... Having reviewed the ALJ’s decision and the transcript and considered the arguments made by Wright, the Court finds that, even though there may be some contrary evidence concerning his use of and the medical necessity for a cane, the ALJ’s RFC determination is supported by substantial evidence and based on proper legal standards.

In determining residual functional capacity, an ALJ must consider medical evidence and the claimant’s subjective symptoms, including pain and other reported limitations.

Humphries v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2025-03-28

In rendering an RFC determination, the ALJ must consider objective medical facts, diagnoses, and medical opinions based on such facts, as well as a plaintiff’s subjective symptoms, including pain and descriptions of other limitations.

Section 404.1545(a)(3) requires the ALJ to determine residual functional capacity from all relevant medical and other evidence in the case record.

Smith v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2025-03-31(a)(3)

The ALJ is charged with determining a claimant’s RFC “based on all the relevant medical and other evidence” in [her] case record. 20 CFR §§ 404.1545(a)(3), 416.945(a)(3).

Section 404.1545(a)(3) requires an RFC assessment to consider all relevant medical and other evidence in the record.

Jones v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2025-03-31(a)(3)

An RFC must be based on all of the relevant medical and other evidence contained in the record.

Section 404.1545(a)(3) requires the ALJ to consider all record evidence, including medical evidence and descriptions and observations from the claimant and lay witnesses, when assessing residual functional capacity.

Hoegemeyer v. Dudek · filed 2025-04-02(a)(3)

When considering a claimant’s RFC, the ALJ must consider all the evidence in the record, including the medical evidence and the “descriptions and observations” from the claimant and lay witnesses. Laborin v. Berryhill, 867 F.3d 1151, 1153 (9th Cir. 2017); see also 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(3).

Section 404.1545(a)(1) requires the ALJ to assess residual functional capacity based on all relevant evidence in the record.

Hayes v. Commissioner, Social Security Administration · filed 2025-04-03(a)(1)

The ALJ is thus directed to assess the claimant’s RFC “based on all the relevant evidence in [the] record.” Id. § 404.1545(a)(1); see also SSR 96-8p, 61 Fed. Reg. at 34,477 (providing that the RFC determination “must be based on all of the relevant evidence in the case record,” including, as relevant here, the claimant’s medical history; medical source statements; “[t]he effects of treatment”; “[r]eports of daily activities”; “[l]ay evidence”; “[r]ecorded observations”; and “[e]ffects of symptoms”). ... Accordingly, we conclude that substantial evidence does not support the RFC determination.

Section 404.1545(a)(1) requires an ALJ to assess the most a claimant can do despite limitations based on all relevant evidence in the case record.

Post v. O'Malley · filed 2025-03-31(a)(1)

A claimant’s RFC is the most the claimant can do despite their limitations, and an ALJ must assess it based on all relevant evidence in the claimant’s case record.

Section 404.1545(a)(3) requires the ALJ to consider medical source statements and all other record evidence when assessing residual functional capacity.

Boyer v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2025-04-16(a)(3)

In determining a claimant’s RFC, the ALJ considers medical source statements and all other evidence of record. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(3). ... Here, because substantial evidence supports the ALJ’s RFC finding and his decision indicates that he considered the record as a whole, he acted within the “zone of choice” and his finding must be accepted as conclusive.

Section 404.1545 requires the ALJ to consider all relevant evidence, including symptoms, when assessing residual functional capacity.

Rogers v. O'Malley · filed 2025-04-22

In making this finding, the ALJ must consider all the relevant evidence, such as all symptoms and the extent to which the symptoms can reasonably be accepted as consistent with the objective medical evidence and other evidence. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545. ... IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that on remand, the ALJ consider Plaintiff’s subjective symptom testimony and the degree to which the objective evidence undermines or is inconsistent with particular testimony.

An ALJ may assess residual functional capacity using medical opinions, other medical evidence, and the claimant’s statements when substantial evidence supports the assessment.

Amos v. O'Malley · filed 2025-04-24

Here, the ALJ largely based Plaintiff’s RFC upon the SAMCs’ opinions. From that foundation, the ALJ then properly applied other medical evidence in the record and Plaintiff’s own statements presented at the hearing to formulate slightly more restricted limitations than those of the SAMCs.

An ALJ assesses residual functional capacity using all relevant medical and other evidence, including medical source statements about what a claimant can still do.

HOOK, II v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY · filed 2025-04-24(a)(3)

Regulation 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(3) states that the ALJ “will assess [Plaintiff's] [RFC] based on all of the relevant medical and other evidence” and “consider any statements about what [Plaintiff] can still do that have been provided by medical sources, whether or not they are based on formal medical examinations.” ... The ALJ, therefore, considered all relevant medical evidence and adequately explained why he rejected or gave less weight to certain conflicting findings. The Court, accordingly, finds that the ALJ’s RFC determination is judicially reviewable and supported by substantial evidence.

Section 404.1545(a)(3) requires an ALJ to assess residual functional capacity using all relevant medical and other evidence, including medical source statements about what the claimant can still do.

MANFREADY v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY · filed 2025-04-28(a)(3)

Regulation 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(3) states that an ALJ must “assess [the plaintiff's RFC] based on all of the relevant medical and other evidence ... . [and] consider any statements about what [the plaintiff] can still do that have been provided by medical sources, whether or not they are based on formal medical examinations.” ... Accordingly, the Court finds that the ALI’s RFC determination is judicially reviewable and supported by substantial evidence.

Section 404.1545(a)(1) requires an RFC assessment to consider all relevant evidence when determining what tasks a claimant can perform despite her limitations.

Macdowell v. O'Malley · filed 2025-05-07(a)(1)

An RFC measures the tasks a person can perform given her limitations based on “all the relevant evidence” in the administrative record.

Section 404.1545(a) requires the ALJ to consider a claimant’s physical and mental abilities, symptoms, and other limitations that may affect sustained work.

Wilcox v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2025-05-21(a)

“In making a residual functional capacity determination, the ALJ must consider a claimant's physical abilities, mental abilities, symptomology, including pain and other limitations which could interfere with work activities on a regular and continuing basis.” Pardee, 631 F. Supp. 2d at 210 (citing 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)). ... The ALJ’s decision cited other mental health notes from the relevant period that bolstered her finding that Plaintiff’s mental health RFC improved when he took his medication as prescribed, and that his symptoms worsened when he stopped taking his medication for an extended period.

Section 404.1545(a) requires an RFC assessment to consider all relevant record evidence, including medical evidence, opinions, the claimant’s testimony, and statements to medical providers.

Heenan v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration · filed 2025-05-28(a)

The RFC must be based on all relevant record evidence, including medical evidence, medical reports and opinions, the claimant’s testimony, and statements the claimant made to medical providers.

Section 404.1545 requires an ALJ to assess residual functional capacity using all relevant medical and other evidence in the record.

Alvarez v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2025-06-13

The RFC is an ALJ’s assessment, based on all relevant medical and other evidence in the record, of the most that a claimant can still do despite her limitations. See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545 (emphasis added).

Section 404.1545(a)(1) requires the ALJ to consider all relevant evidence when assessing a claimant’s residual functional capacity.

(SS) Adams v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2025-06-13(a)(1)

Simply, the ALJ’s approach was entirely consistent with his obligation to consider “all the relevant evidence” when determining plaintiff’s RFC. See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(1).

An ALJ must base the residual functional capacity assessment on all relevant evidence in the record and need not follow a medical opinion exactly.

Jimmerson v. Bisignano · filed 2025-07-08(a)

Plaintiff provides no relevant case law in support of his contention that an ALJ’s determination must follow a medical opinion exactly. Instead, the regulations simply state that the ALJ must base the RFC on all the relevant evidence in the case record. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a).

Section 404.1545 requires an RFC assessment to account for relevant evidence, including testimony about a claimant’s limitations.

Harkins v. Commissioner Social Security Administration · filed 2025-07-09

The ALJ failed to properly analyze Plaintiff's subjective symptom testimony and the statements of Plaintiff's mother; therefore, the court cannot conclude the RFC accurately reflects plaintiff's limitations.

Section 404.1545 requires an RFC assessment to consider all relevant evidence; the assessment must have substantial evidentiary support even when no medical opinion supports it.

(SS) Heskett v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2025-07-17(a)(1)-(3)

An RFC is the most a claimant can do despite their limitations and is based upon all relevant evidence in the record, including medical records, medical source statements, and symptom testimony. ... While the absence of a medical opinion is not necessarily fatal, the RFC determination still must be supported by substantial evidence.

Section 404.1545(a)(3) requires the ALJ to consider all relevant medical and other evidence when determining residual functional capacity.

VOLANDT v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY · filed 2025-08-07(a)(3)

ALJ Damille has the exclusive responsibility of making an RFC determination and examines “all of the relevant medical and other evidence” to do so. ... Here, the ALJ reviewed all of the relevant evidence including the medical records, medical opinions, and Plaintiff’s own description of his limitations.

Section 404.1545(a)(1) requires the ALJ to consider all relevant evidence, including medical opinions, when assessing residual functional capacity.

ROBERTS v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY · filed 2025-08-01(a)(1)

Although the ALJ must consider all the relevant evidence in the medical record, including medical opinions, in assessing Plaintiff’s RFC, See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(1), it is the responsibility of the ALJ ultimately to assess Plaintiff’s RFC.

Section 404.1545 requires an RFC assessment to address supported absenteeism limitations arising from a claimant’s combined impairments.

Alberto E. v. Bisignano · filed 2025-08-05

The result was an RFC finding that was not supported by substantial evidence–i.e., not reasonable–because Alberto’s symptoms from his combination of impairments would have caused him to periodically to be unable to attend work and the ALJ failed to specifically to assess the issue of absenteeism.

Section 404.1545(a) requires an ALJ to assess all evidence, including descriptions of limitations and medical reports, when determining a claimant’s capacity for work.

(SS) Alvarez v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2025-08-06(a)

In determining a claimant’s residual functional capacity, an ALJ must assess all the evidence (including the descriptions of limitation, and medical reports) to determine what capacity the claimant has for work despite the impairment(s).

Section 404.1545(a)(1) requires an RFC assessment based on all relevant evidence, with an explanation connecting the claimant’s impairments to the assessed work limits.

Kulps v. Bisignano · filed 2025-08-07(a)(1)

An RFC measures the tasks a person can perform given her limitations based on “all the relevant evidence” in the administrative record. ... However, the ALJ still fails to build the requisite logical bridge between the cardiac and respiratory conditions she found severe and the RFC she assessed.

An ALJ must assess all the medical evidence when determining a claimant’s residual functional capacity.

Williams v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration · filed 2025-08-19(a)(1)

An ALJ must assess all the medical evidence when formulating a claimant’s RFC. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(1). ... The ALJ properly evaluated the entire record and analyzed the medical opinions of every source when making his determination.

An RFC assessment considers all relevant record evidence to determine the most a claimant can do despite physical and mental limitations.

Felix-Santiago v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2025-08-21(a)(1)

In assessing an individual’s impairments, the ALJ considers all the relevant evidence in the case record to determine the most the individual can do in a work setting despite the limitations imposed by his mental and physical impairments. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(1). ... As Plaintiff fails to cite to particular findings in the record that the ALJ failed to consider, such a determination is supported by substantial evidence.

Section 404.1545(a)(3) requires the ALJ to consider all relevant medical and other evidence, including medical-source statements about what the claimant can still do, when assessing residual functional capacity.

Backus v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2025-08-25(a)(3)

In making the RFC determination, the ALJ must consider all relevant medical and other evidence, including any statements about what the claimant can still do provided by any medical sources.