20 C.F.R. § 404.1545

An ALJ determines residual functional capacity based on all relevant medical and other evidence.

Edwards v. O'Malley (CONSENT) · filed 2025-08-27(a)(3)

The ALJ determines RFC “based on all of the relevant medical and other evidence.” 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(3).

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

Melody Janelle Castellanos v. O'Malley · filed 2025-08-27

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 the ALJ to consider medical facts, medical opinions, and the claimant’s subjective symptoms and limitations when assessing residual functional capacity.

Sullivan v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2025-09-02

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 an ALJ to base the residual functional capacity assessment on all relevant evidence in the record.

McCarty v. Social Security Administration, Commissioner · filed 2025-09-04(a)(3)

The ALJ must base the decision on all relevant evidence in the record, including ... recorded observations, and medical source statements.

An RFC assessment must be based on all relevant evidence in the claimant’s case file.

Conrad v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2025-09-04(a)(1)

A claimant’s RFC assessment must be based on all the relevant evidence in her case file.

Section 404.1545 requires the ALJ to base the residual functional capacity assessment on all relevant evidence, including the claimant’s reported limitations, medical evidence, and evidence from other sources.

Hale v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2025-09-12(a)

The ALJ must base the RFC on all relevant evidence in the record, including the claimant’s descriptions of her limitations and symptoms, objective medical evidence, medical opinions, other medical evidence, evidence from non-medical sources, and prior administrative medical findings.

Residual functional capacity reflects what a claimant can still do despite limitations and must be assessed using all relevant evidence.

Phillips v. Bisignano · filed 2025-09-15(a)(1)

The RFC is “the most [one] can still do despite [his] limitations” and represents an assessment “based on all the relevant evidence.” 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(1). ... The totality of the ALJ’s determination of plaintiff’s RFC indicates that he aptly considered all medical evidence before him and properly relied on objective medical data, synthesizing and weighing it in light of the entire record.

An ALJ assesses residual functional capacity using all relevant medical and other evidence, including limitations caused by the claimant’s symptoms.

Webb v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2025-09-17(a)(3)

The ALJ’s RFC analysis complied with the regulations. The ALJ’s role was to “assess [Webb’s RFC] based on all the relevant medical and other evidence . . . . including limitations that result from [his] symptoms, such as pain, provided by [Webb].” 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(3) (internal citations omitted).

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

Pittman v. O'Malley · filed 2025-09-18(a)(3)

An RFC must be based on all of the relevant medical and other evidence contained in the record. See 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1545(a)(3); 416.945(a)(3); SSR 96-8p, 1996 WL 374184, *2-3, 5. ... Accordingly, because Plaintiff cannot demonstrate that the ALJ’s determination of Plaintiff's RFC is not supported by substantial evidence or given adequate explanation, this Court cannot say that the ALJ erred in finding Plaintiff not disabled.

An RFC assessment considers all relevant evidence, including medical evidence, lay observations, and the claimant’s own statements.

Fender v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2025-09-18(a)(3)

The RFC assessment is based upon consideration of all relevant evidence in the case record, including medical evidence and relevant nonmedical evidence, such as observations of lay witnesses of an individual’s apparent symptomatology, an individual’s own statement of what he or she is able or unable to do, and many other factors that could help the adjudicator determine the most reasonable findings in light of all the evidence.

Section 404.1545 requires an RFC assessment to consider all relevant evidence; an ALJ may consider medical opinions that predate later records when those records do not show a materially different medical picture.

Wulff v. O' Malley · filed 2025-09-22(a)(1)

The ALJ must consider all relevant records in its analysis because the RFC must be “based on all the relevant evidence in [the claimant’s] case record.” 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545 (emphasis added). ... Although it is correct that the ALJ considered records beyond those that were available to the State Agency medical consultants at the time they rendered their opinions, that does not mean it was improper for the ALJ to consider those opinions. Plaintiff has not established that her medical records after November 2021 evidenced a materially different medical picture than her medical records before November 2021.

An RFC assessment must consider all relevant evidence, including non-severe impairments, but the ALJ need not list and reject every possible limitation.

Whitlock v. Bisignano · filed 2025-09-23(a)

“The ALJ’s RFC assessment must be based on ‘all the relevant evidence in [the] case record. Even ‘non-severe’ impairments must be considered in the RFC.” Igo v. Colvin, 839 F.3d 724, 730 (8th Cir. 2016) (quoting 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a) and Ford v. Astrue, 518 F.3d 979, 981 (8th Cir. 2008)). ... In making his determination, the ALJ considered all evidence, including medical evidence submitted less than five days before the scheduled hearing.

Section 404.1545 requires the RFC assessment to consider impairments supported by objective medical evidence and by the claimant’s subjective complaints.

Calderon v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2025-09-25

In determining the RFC, the ALJ considers those impairments supported by the objective medical evidence in the record as well as those impairments that are based on the plaintiff’s subjective complaints. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545. ... This Court finds Plaintiff’s assignment of error is unfounded because the ALJ considered all the evidence in the record including Plaintiff’s treatment records, history of pain, medical records, and own statements regarding pain levels and physical ability to perform tasks in making his RFC determination. (Tr. 20–23.)

Section 404.1545 requires the ALJ to consider evidence of a claimant’s need to elevate his legs when assessing residual functional capacity.

Woods v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2025-09-25(a)(1)

In any event, without the ALJ recognizing or addressing the testimony and various physicians’ instructions for Plaintiff to elevate his legs, judicial review is frustrated because does not appear the ALJ considered whether there is a need for lower extremity elevation in assessing the RFC. The matter must be reversed and remanded for further consideration.

Section 404.1545 requires an ALJ assessing residual functional capacity to consider all relevant evidence and the limiting effects of all the claimant’s impairments.

Finley v. Bisignano · filed 2025-09-26

When assessing a claimant’s RFC, the ALJ must consider all the relevant evidence in the case record—including medical records, observations of treating providers and other medical sources, and the claimant’s own description of her symptoms and limitations—and the limiting effects of all the claimant’s impairments.

An RFC assessment must consider all relevant evidence in the record; selectively citing evidence can leave the assessment unsupported by substantial evidence.

Lamblin v. O'Malley · filed 2025-09-19(a)(1)

The RFC is a measure of “the most [a claimant] can still do despite [his] limitations.” 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(1); see also SSR 96-8p, 1996 WL 374184, at *2. Social Security Ruling 96-8p requires the ALJ to assess a claimant’s RFC based on “all of the relevant evidence in the case record” including, medical history and medical signs and laboratory findings. ... In light of the ALJ’s selective citation to the record, the Court finds the ALJ’s RFC determination is not supported by substantial evidence.

An ALJ must consider all material evidence and the claimant’s condition as a whole when determining residual functional capacity.

Semidey v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2025-09-26(a)

Instead, the ALJ need only ground her RFC determination on the claimant’s condition “taken as a whole,” Jamison v. Bowen, 814 F.2d 585, 588 (11th Cir. 1987) (citations omitted), after assessing all the material information presented, 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1545(a), 416.945. ... By the Court’s lights, the ALJ’s decision sufficiently establishes that she took into account the full record in evaluating the Plaintiff’s medical condition in its entirety.

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

Neely v. O'Malley · filed 2025-09-19(a)(3)

An ALJ will assess a claimant’s RFC “based on all of the relevant medical and other evidence.” 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(3). ... The record reflects that the ALJ considered the relevant medical and opinion evidence and assessed an RFC that is supported by substantial evidence.

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

Burgess v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2025-09-22(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), 416.929, 416.945(a)(3), 416.946(c).

Section 404.1545(a)(4) requires the ALJ to consider a claimant’s ability to meet the physical, mental, sensory, and other requirements of work when assessing residual functional capacity.

Worthylake v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2025-09-22(a)(4)

When assessing RFC, the ALJ must consider the claimant’s “ability to meet the physical, mental, sensory, and other requirements of work[.]” 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1545(a)(4). ... The Court concludes that the assessed RFC was adequately explained and grounded in substantial evidence.

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

Mitchell v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2025-09-23(a)(1)

The RFC is “the most you can still do despite your limitations” and is assessed “based on all the relevant evidence in your case record.” 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(1) (2024). ... From the evidence the ALJ relied on, a reasonable person could decide that Plaintiff’s RFC includes performing less than the full range of sedentary work. See Leggett, 67 F.3d at 564.

Section 404.1545(a)(3) requires an ALJ to assess residual functional capacity using medical records and other relevant evidence; a supporting medical opinion is not always necessary.

Downey v. O' Malley · filed 2025-09-23(a)(3)

Plaintiff’s broader criticism—that the ALJ substituted lay opinion in the absence of a medical source—is unavailing. (Doc. No. 9 at 18–19.) The ALJ appropriately interpreted and synthesized medical records and other evidence to craft a function-by-function RFC, as required by 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(3).

Section 404.1545(a)(1) calls for an RFC assessment based on all relevant evidence, including evidence beyond medical opinions.

Peterson v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2025-09-24(a)(1)

“Indeed, it 1s the very duty of the ALJ to formulate an RFC based on all relevant evidence, not just medical opinions, in Plaintiffs record.” Jennifer O. v. Comm’ of Soc. Sec., No. 20-cv-1474, 2022 WL 2718510, *4 (W.D.N.Y. July 18, 2022) (citing 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(1)). ... Accordingly, Plaintiffs argument that the ALJ imposed his own lay interpretation on the evidence in his formulation of the RFC 1s without merit.

An ALJ may assess residual functional capacity from other record evidence when no medical opinion on the claimant’s limitations is persuasive.

Wright v. Bisignano · filed 2025-09-25(a)(3)

In the absence of persuasive medical opinion evidence regarding Ms. W.’s mental limitations, the ALJ properly assessed Ms. W.’s mental RFC based on other evidence in the record.

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

Piersimoni v. O'Malley · filed 2025-09-25(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.” ... In concluding that Dr. Seok and Dr. Siddiqui’s opinions supported a conclusion that plaintiff could perform light work and were consistent with the evidence of record, the ALJ failed to consider many treatment records that indicate that plaintiff had difficulty sitting, standing, and walking, and needed to elevate her feet and frequently change positions.

Section 404.1545(a)(3) requires the ALJ to base residual functional capacity on all relevant medical and other evidence, including changes in an impairment’s severity.

Smith v. Social Security Administration · filed 2025-09-25(a)(3)

This thorough analysis discharged ALJ Battles’ obligation to account for any swings in the severity of Plaintiff’s impairments. See K.S. v. Saul, Case No. 20-1253-JWB, 2021 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 106959, 2021 WL 2338250, at *5 (D. Kan. June 8, 2021); see also 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(3) (requiring the ALJ to base the RFC “on all of the relevant medical and other evidence”).

An RFC assessment must consider all relevant evidence and explain how conflicting evidence supports the limitations selected.

Barnes v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2025-09-26(a)

An individual’s RFC should be assessed based upon all relevant evidence in the record. ... Therefore, without further analysis or explanation, the ALJ has not built a logical bridge to explain why the conflicting evidence – when considered together – supports his RFC determination and not the more restrictive RFC determinations of the reconsideration level state agency consultants or Dr. Lakho.

Residual functional capacity is assessed from all relevant evidence, including medical records, others’ observations, and the claimant’s description of limitations.

Whitaker v. Bisignano · filed 2025-09-26(a)(1)

The ALJ determines a claimant’s RFC “based on all relevant evidence, including medical records, observations of treating physicians and others, and claimant’s own descriptions of [his or her] limitations.”

Residual functional capacity is what a claimant can still do despite limitations, and the ALJ must explain the evidence supporting its conclusions.

Thompson v. O'Malley · filed 2025-09-26(a)(1)

First, Plaintiff is correct that the ALJ failed to build an accurate and logical bridge between the evidence and the RFC. A claimant’s RFC represents “the most [they] can still do despite [their] limitations.” 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1545(a)(1), 416.945(a). As noted in Dowling v. Comm’r of Soc. Sec. Admin., “every conclusion reached by an ALJ when evaluating a claimant’s RFC must be accompanied by ‘a narrative discussion describing [ ] the evidence’ that supports it.” 986 F.3d 377, 387 (4th Cir. 2021) (alteration in original) (citation omitted). Thus, an ALJ must identify evidence that supports their conclusions and “build an accurate and logical bridge” from that evidence to their conclusions. Woods v. Berryhill, 888 F.3d 686, 694 (4th Cir. 2018) (citation omitted).

Section 404.1545(a)(3) requires the ALJ to consider objective medical evidence and the claimant’s subjective allegations when assessing residual functional capacity.

Akin v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2025-09-30(a)(3)

Throughout, the ALJ addressed both objective medical evidence and Plaintiff’s subjective allegations regarding her alleged impairments and associated limitations. See 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1545(a)(3); 416.945(a)(3) (requiring same).

An RFC assessment must be based on all relevant medical and other evidence.

Taylor v. O'Malley · filed 2025-09-30(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 entire transcript, including the medical records, Taylor’s initial application for SSI, Taylor’s Function Reports, and Taylor’s testimony at the hearing before the ALJ, and considering the applicable law, the Court finds that the ALJ has properly considered the medical evidence and has properly supported his RFC findings.

An RFC assessment may consider relevant pre-onset work history when it sheds light on a claimant’s current capabilities.

Donacick v. Bisignano · filed 2025-09-30(a)(1)

The Court may consider pre-onset work history here because it is relevant.

Section 404.1545(a)(3) requires an RFC assessment based on all relevant medical and other evidence, including evidence of limitations caused by a claimant’s symptoms.

Reszetar v. O'Malley · filed 2025-09-30(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 entire decision, and specifically, the RFC accorded Reszetar, the Court is unable to determine whether the ALJ considered the limitations caused by her daily auras in making his RFC determination. ... Accordingly, for the reasons set forth herein, the Court finds that this case should be remanded so that the Commissioner can specifically consider the effect of her daily auras during the relevant period on her RFC.

An ALJ must assess residual functional capacity using all relevant medical and other evidence.

Digmelashvili v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2025-09-30(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).

Section 404.1545 requires an RFC assessment to consider the totality of the evidence, including impairments and related symptoms that affect the claimant’s ability to work.

HERNANDEZ v. O'Malley, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration · filed 2025-09-30

The determination of RFC is an administrative assessment based on the totality of the evidence and the extent to which a claimant’s impairments and related symptoms affects the capacity to perform work-related activities. See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545. ... The Court concludes that there is substantial evidence to support the ALJ’s decision on the RFC.

Section 404.1545(a) requires an RFC assessment to account for relevant evidence of the claimant’s limitations, including the support needed for daily activities.

Willkie v. Bisignano · filed 2025-10-06(a)

RFC is defined as “what [the claimant] can still do” despite his “physical or mental limitations.” 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a). ... The ALJ must determine a claimant’s RFC based on all of the relevant evidence, including the medical records, observations of treating physicians and others, and an individual’s own description of his limitations. ... This conclusion is not supported by substantial evidence of record.

Section 404.1545(a)(3) requires an ALJ assessing residual functional capacity to consider all relevant medical and other evidence, including relevant material outside the final narrative of a mental RFC assessment.

Carr v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2025-10-07(a)(3)

We also reject the Commissioner’s argument that the ALJ was only required to consider the final narrative portion of the mental RFC assessments. First, under the regulations an ALJ must consider “all the relevant medical and other evidence” that was available to the ALJ. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(3) (emphasis added).

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

Burns v. Commissioner, Social Security Administration · filed 2025-09-29(a)(1)

An ALJ assesses a claimant’s “residual functional capacity based on all the relevant evidence in [the] case record.” 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(1).

An RFC assessment must consider the effects of all impairments, including those found not severe.

Escarra v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2025-09-29

In sum, the Court is not convinced that the ALJ adequately considered Plaintiff’s PTSD and related symptomology at any point in the sequential evaluation process, and the findings the ALJ did make are not supported by substantial evidence. The matter must be reversed and remanded for further consideration of Plaintiff’s PTSD and its effects.

Section 404.1545(a)(3) requires an ALJ to consider all relevant evidence when assessing what a claimant can do despite impairments.

Weiss v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2025-09-30(a)(3)

In formulating an RFC, an ALJ must consider all the relevant evidence and determine the most that a plaintiff can do, despite that plaintiff’s impairments. See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(3).

Section 404.1545(a) requires the ALJ to consider all relevant evidence when determining residual functional capacity, including evidence about mild mental impairments.

SPENCE-WHITE · filed 2025-10-24(a)

Rather, the ALJ identified conflicting areas of testimony as pertained to Plaintiff’s mild mental impairments while considering “all the relevant evidence in [the] case record” when determining her final RFC.

Section 404.1545 requires the ALJ to consider all medically determinable impairments and relevant medical and other evidence when assessing residual functional capacity.

Kalonji · filed 2025-10-24

The RFC is the most a person can do, despite the person’s physical or mental impairments. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1545, 416.945. In formulating an RFC, the ALJ must consider all medically determinable impairments, including those that are not “severe,” and evaluate “all of the relevant medical and other evidence,” including the claimant’s testimony.

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

Hardin · filed 2025-11-13(a)(3)

An ALJ bases their RFC determination on “all of the relevant medical and other evidence” in the case record. Id. (a)(3). ... Even setting aside Claimant’s failure to meet the requirements for SSR 96-9p, because of the substantial overlap of the records cited by Claimant and the records cited by the ALJ, the Court rejects Claimant’s allegation that ALJ Collins failed to consider Claimant’s balance and use of a cane.

Section 404.1545(a)(3) requires an ALJ assessing residual functional capacity to consider all relevant medical and other evidence, rather than cherry-pick evidence supporting a conclusion.

Folks · filed 2025-10-22(a)(3)

This means an ALJ may not cherry pick the record and may not simply rely on the “pieces of the examination reports that supported [his] determination,” at the exclusion of other evidence.

An RFC assessment considers all relevant medical and nonmedical evidence in the case record.

Wasson · filed 2025-11-07(a)(3)

The RFC assessment is based upon consideration of all relevant evidence in the case record, including medical evidence and relevant nonmedical evidence, such as observations of lay witnesses of an individual’s apparent symptomatology, an individual’s own statement of what he or she is able or unable to do, and many other factors that could help the adjudicator determine the most reasonable findings in light of all the evidence.

An ALJ must base a claimant’s residual functional capacity on all relevant evidence, including medical evidence, daily activities, symptoms, and treatment.

Smelser · filed 2025-11-17(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. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(3); Social Security Ruling 96-8p, 1996 WL 374184, at *5. ... Here, the ALJ said enough to ensure that he considered the totality of Plaintiffs limitations when formulating the RFC.

Section 404.1545(a)(1) requires an RFC assessment to reflect the most a claimant can still do despite limitations and to rest on all relevant evidence in the case file.

Daria · filed 2025-11-19(a)(1)

A Plaintiff’s RFC is an assessment of “the most [a claimant] can still do despite [his] limitations.” 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(1) (2012). The assessment must be based on all the relevant evidence in his or her case file. Id. ... At base, the ALJ properly accounted for the state agency psychologists’ opinions, his reasoning is easily traced, and the ultimate RFC finding was supported by substantial evidence.

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

Ana B. Molina Gonzalez v. Bisignano · filed 2025-11-25(a)(3)

In assessing a claimant’s RFC, the ALJ must consider “all of the relevant medical and other evidence” including the claimant’s own “descriptions and observations of [her] limitations from [her] impairment(s)” and “limitations that result from [her] symptoms, such as pain.” 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(3).

Section 404.1545(a)(1) requires an RFC assessment based on all the evidence in the record, which the ALJ must consider and weigh.

Brenda L. v. Bisignano · filed 2025-12-01(a)(1)

The RFC assessment is based on all the evidence in the record, and it is the ALJ’s duty to consider and weigh that evidence. See 20 C.F.R. 404.1545(a)(1). Here, the ALJ validly synthesized the record when formulating her RFC assessment.

Section 404.1545(a) requires an ALJ to assess all relevant evidence when determining a claimant’s residual functional capacity.

Erika M. v. Bisignano · filed 2025-12-01(a)

In determining a claimant’s RFC, an ALJ must assess all relevant evidence. See 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1545(a), 416.945(a); Laborin, 867 F.3d at 1153. ... The Court disagrees. The ALJ discussed significant and probative medical evidence pertaining to Plaintiff's lupus with inflammatory arthritis, migraine headaches, obesity, and psychological issues.

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

Veverka · filed 2025-12-12(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(a)(3) requires the Commissioner to assess all evidence, including descriptions of limitations and medical reports, when determining residual functional capacity.

Schurman · filed 2025-12-17(a)(3)

In determining the RFC, the Commissioner must assess all evidence, including the claimant's and others' descriptions of the limitation(s), 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), 416.945(a)(3) (2025). ... Therefore, the cases that plaintiff cites to state that the ALJ cannot use isolated portions of the record to make his findings (see ECF No. 11 at 8) are not applicable as he did not do a cursory analysis or ignore material evidence.

Section 404.1545 requires an ALJ assessing residual functional capacity to consider all relevant evidence, including symptoms and their consistency with objective medical and other evidence.

Angelone · filed 2025-12-19

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(a)(3) requires an RFC assessment to consider all relevant medical and other evidence.

Prince · filed 2025-11-21(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 having considered the arguments made by Prince, the Court finds that, even though there may be some contrary evidence concerning the severity of his impairment due to his seizures, the ALJ’s RFC determination is supported by substantial evidence and based on proper legal standards.

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

Harris · filed 2025-11-25(a)

The Regulations make clear that a claimant’s RFC is an issue reserved to the Commissioner and the ALJ assesses a claimant’s RFC “based on all of the relevant evidence” of record.

Section 404.1545(a)(3) requires consideration of medical and nonmedical evidence, including a claimant’s reported limitations, when assessing residual functional capacity.

Riffle · filed 2025-11-25(a)(3)

In formulating the RFC, the ALJ considered medical and non-medical evidence, including Claimant’s self-described limitations, from the period under consideration, July 1, 2016, to September 30, 2018, as required by 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(3).

Section 404.1545 defines residual functional capacity as what a claimant can still do despite established impairments and requires the ALJ to consider the evidence when assessing it.

GILLOT · filed 2025-11-25(a)

The ALJ is responsible for fashioning a claimant’s RFC. A claimant’s RFC is what he can still do despite his established impairments. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1545(a)(1), 416.945(a)(1). In making an RFC determination, the ALJ must consider all evidence before him.

Residual functional capacity is the most a claimant can still do despite limitations; an assessment supported by substantial evidence may be upheld.

Restituyo · filed 2025-11-26(a)(1)

The Social Security regulations provide that an RFC “is the most you can still do despite your limitations.” 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(1); ... Here, applying the deferential standard of review, the Court finds that substantial evidence supports the ALJ’s conclusion that while Restituyo’s impairments could cause her alleged symptoms, the “intensity, persistence and limiting effects of [those] symptoms are not entirely consistent with the medical evidence.”

Section 404.1545 defines residual functional capacity as the most a claimant can do despite limitations affecting work.

J.M. v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2025-11-28(a)(1)

Under C.F.R. § 404.1545, a claimant's RFC is “the most [he or she] can do” despite limitations “that affect what [he or she] can do in a work setting.” 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(1). ... Here, the ALJ has provided a sufficient analysis, and Plaintiff’s arguments are without merit.

Section 404.1545 permits an ALJ to formulate residual functional capacity from medical opinions, prior administrative medical findings, and the claimant’s statements when substantial evidence supports the result.

Bisignano · filed 2025-12-03(a)(1)

As noted throughout this decision, the ALJ considered the medical opinions, prior administrative medical findings, and Joseph’s own statements in formulating the RFC, and the resulting RFC is supported by substantial evidence, contains no legal error, and must be affirmed.

Residual functional capacity reflects the most a claimant can do despite limitations, and an ALJ must support an all-exertional-levels finding with record evidence.

Lestingi · filed 2025-12-04(a)(1)

A claimant’s RFC represents the most that can be done despite any limitations based on the record. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(1). ... None of these findings, however, support the notion that Lestingi can perform work at “all exertional levels,” including “very heavy work.”

An RFC may account for moderate mental limitations through simple work and limited interaction when substantial evidence supports those restrictions.

Maney v. Frank Bisignano, Commissioner of Social Security Administration · filed 2025-12-05(a)

Given these considerations, the ALJ properly found that Plaintiff's moderate limitations restricted Plaintiff to simple work with two hour breaks and to occasional interaction with supervisors, coworkers, and the public.

Section 404.1545 requires the ALJ to consider all relevant evidence, including symptoms and their consistency with objective medical and other evidence, when determining residual functional capacity.

Aaron · filed 2025-12-05

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.

Residual functional capacity measures the physical and mental work a claimant can sustain despite her impairments and limitations.

Hultz v. Bisignano · filed 2025-12-15(a)(4)

At step four, the ALJ determines the claimant’s Residual Functional Capacity (“RFC”), which is the claimant’s maximum ability to do physical and mental work activities, considering her impairments and their limitations, on a sustained basis.

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

Lilly · filed 2025-12-17(a)(1)

An ALJ assesses a claimant’s “residual functional capacity based on all the relevant evidence in [the] case record.” 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(1).

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

Taffi v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2025-12-19(a)(1)

An ALJ assesses a claimant’s “residual functional capacity based on all the relevant evidence in [the] case record.” 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(1).

Section 404.1545(a)(1) requires the ALJ to consider all relevant evidence when assessing residual functional capacity, but does not require discussion of every notation in the written decision.

Beatty · filed 2025-11-25(a)(1)

Beatty argues that the regulations require the ALJ to “consider ‘all relevant evidence’ under the RFC analysis,” Doc. 9, at 10 (citing 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(1)), but he has not shown that the ALJ failed to “consider” all of Dr. Hill’s notations.

Section 404.1545 requires an ALJ to consider all relevant evidence and all medically determinable impairments when assessing residual functional capacity, including impairments that are not severe.

Cordova · filed 2025-12-09(a)(2), (a)(3)

In determining a claimant’s RFC, an ALJ must consider “all of the relevant medical and other evidence” in the record, 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1545(a)(3), 404.1546(c), and must consider all of the claimant’s “medically determinable impairments,” including those that are not severe. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(2); Orn v. Astrue, 495 F.3d 625, 630 (9th Cir. 2007). ... However, the ALJ’s RFC does not account for these limitations.

An RFC assessment must consider relevant evidence of a claimant’s medically determinable impairments and their functional effects.

Gonzalez · filed 2025-12-22(a)(2), (a)(3)

The Court finds the ALJ erred in failing to address evidence of Plaintiff’s severe medical impairment of seropositive rheumatoid arthritis after step three and when formulating the RFC.

An ALJ assesses residual functional capacity using all relevant medical and other evidence, including evidence of social interaction limitations.

Reeves · filed 2025-12-29(a)(3)

The ALJ therefore appropriately assessed Plaintiff’s RFC based on all the relevant evidence in the record and it properly accommodates for Plaintiff’s social interaction limitations. See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(3) (assessing RFC “based on all of the relevant medical and other evidence”).

Section 404.1545(a) permits an RFC assessment based on all the evidence without requiring each limitation to match a specific medical opinion.

Warner · filed 2026-01-06(a)

There is no need in this case, or in any other, for the Commissioner to base the limitations in his RFC assessment upon specific statements in medical evidence or opinions in the record.

Section 404.1545(a)(3) requires an RFC assessment to consider all relevant evidence, including medical records, medical opinions, and the claimant’s account of her limitations.

Hudson · filed 2026-01-12(a)(3)

The assessment must be based upon all of the relevant evidence, including the medical records, medical source opinions, and the individual’s subjective allegations and description of her own limitations. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(3). ... Upon careful review, the record shows that while the ALJ described the record evidence in detail, he offered sparse explanation for how that evidence supported his RFC assessment.

An RFC assessment must account for relevant evidence about a claimant’s limitations, including lifting limitations the ALJ has not discounted.

Crossley · filed 2026-01-14(a)(1)

But the Commissioner overlooks that the ALJ did not discredit––intentionally as far as the Court can tell––Plaintiff’s allegations of her inability to lift more than 8.6 pounds, so that evidence must be accounted for in the RFC.

Section 404.1545(a)(3) requires consideration of statements from a claimant and other non-medical witnesses when assessing residual functional capacity, as one part of the evidence.

Honaker · filed 2026-01-05(a)(3)

The subjective information provided by a claimant and other non-medical witnesses is to be considered by an ALJ in making the RFC finding, but it is only one of many considerations. See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(3).

An RFC assessment must rest on evidence of how a claimant’s impairments affect the ability to work; an ALJ’s unaided interpretation of medical records does not provide substantial evidence of functional capacity.

Harland · filed 2026-01-06(a)

The ALJ’s written decision shows that he infers from his own review of the medical evidence what Plaintiff is capable of doing—this amounts to nothing more than the ALJ’s unaided interpretation of the medical records and is not substantial evidence.

Section 404.1545(a)(1) defines residual functional capacity as the most a claimant can still do despite limitations and requires assessment using all relevant evidence in the case record.

Owen · filed 2026-01-12(a)(1)

The claimant must provide evidence establishing his or her residual functional capacity (RFC), which “is the most [the claimant] can still do despite [his or her] limitations,” and is assessed using “all the relevant evidence in [the] case record.” 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1545(a)(1), 416.945(a)(1).

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

Cardinal · filed 2026-01-12(a)(1)

The claimant must provide evidence establishing his or her residual functional capacity (RFC), which “is the most [the claimant] can still do despite [his or her] limitations,” and is assessed using “all the relevant evidence in [the] case record.” 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1545(a)(1), 416.945(a)(1).

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

Sanchez · filed 2026-01-13

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) requires an ALJ to assess all relevant evidence and all medically determinable impairments when determining residual functional capacity.

Randy E. v. Bisignano · filed 2026-01-20(a)

In determining a claimant’s RFC, an ALJ must assess all relevant evidence and all of the claimant’s medically determinable impairments. See id. § 404.1545(a); Laborin, 867 F.3d at 1153.

Section 404.1545(a)(1) requires an ALJ to assess medical evidence when formulating a claimant’s residual functional capacity.

Bruce · filed 2026-01-26(a)(1)

An ALJ must assess all the medical evidence when formulating a claimant’s RFC. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(1). ... Finally, the RFC adequately reflects the ALJ’s determination that Dr. Coelho’s examination findings supported no limitation in understanding, remembering, or applying information and only moderate limitations in the remaining functional areas.

Section 404.1545(a)(1) requires an RFC assessment based on all relevant evidence, including symptoms the ALJ credits that may limit the claimant’s ability to work.

Salkowski · filed 2026-01-29(a)(1)

The RFC must be assessed based on all the relevant evidence in the record. ... But to the extent ALJ Shenkenberg credits the evidence that Plaintiff experiences daily facial flares varying in duration and severity and that during these flares Plaintiff is at best distracted and at worst unresponsive, it is unclear how the RFC accommodates these symptoms. ... Thus, the case will be remanded for the ALJ to reassess Plaintiffs RFC.

Section 404.1545(a)(3) requires an ALJ to base the RFC on all relevant record evidence and explain enough to show consideration of the claimant’s limitations.

Arwood · filed 2026-02-06(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. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(3); Social Security Ruling 96-8p, 1996 WL 374184, at *5. ... The ALJ said enough to ensure that she considered the totality of Plaintiff’s limitations when formulating the RFC. Therefore, Plaintiff has failed to show that the ALJ’s RFC determination warrants a remand.

Section 404.1545 requires an RFC assessment to reflect the most a claimant can do despite impairments, based on the entire record.

Keel · filed 2026-01-20(a)

An RFC determination reflects the most a claimant can perform in a work setting despite her impairments. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1545, 416.945(a). It is based on the entire record, including medical history, laboratory findings, the effects of treatment, daily activities, and medical opinions.

Section 404.1545(a)(3) requires the ALJ to assess the claimant’s statements, others’ descriptions of limitations, and medical reports when determining residual functional capacity.

Griffin · filed 2026-01-20(a)(3)

When determining the claimant’s capacity for work, the ALJ must assess all evidence including the claimant’s statements, others’ descriptions of the limitations, and medical reports.

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

Petrillo · filed 2026-02-03(a)(1)

The claimant must provide evidence establishing his or her residual functional capacity (RFC), which “is the most [the claimant] can still do despite [his or her] limitations,” and is assessed using “all the relevant evidence in [the] case record.” 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1545(a)(1), 416.945(a)(1).

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

Flowers · filed 2026-02-04(a)(3)

Pursuant to 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(3), an ALJ determines a claimant’s RFC “based on all of the relevant medical and other evidence.” ... Therefore, ALJ Sheppard correctly considered all the evidence related to Flower’s limitations.

Section 404.1545 defines residual functional capacity as the most a claimant can do in a work setting despite impairments and bases that assessment on the entire record.

Streeter · filed 2026-02-03(a)

An RFC determination reflects the most a claimant can perform in a work setting despite his impairments. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1545, 416.945(a). It is based on the entire record, including medical history, laboratory findings, the effects of treatment, daily activities, and medical opinions. ... The ALJ met that standard here.

Section 404.1545(a)(3) requires the ALJ to consider medical and non-medical evidence, including the claimant’s reported limitations, when assessing residual functional capacity.

Gardner · filed 2026-02-09(a)(3)

In formulating the RFC, the ALJ considered medical and non-medical evidence, including Claimant’s self-described limitations, as required by 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(3) building a logical bridge between the evidence, including Claimant’s treatment records and medical opinions, and his conclusions.

An RFC assessment must consider all relevant evidence of what a claimant can still do, including medical records, treatment history, and daily activities.

Brinkley · filed 2026-02-12(a)(1)

The RFC determination here was supported by substantial evidence because after conducting a detailed review of Plaintiff’s medical records, the ALJ based the RFC determination on the entire record, including imaging results, examination records, treatment history, and Plaintiff’s activities of daily life (Tr. 578-82), all of which speak directly to Plaintiff’s ability to function in the workplace.

Section 404.1545 requires an ALJ to assess what a claimant can still do despite limitations using the relevant evidence in the record.

Howard · filed 2026-02-09(a)

If not, the ALJ must then assess the claimant’s residual functional capacity, which is defined as the most a person can do despite any physical and mental limitations that may affect what can be done in a work setting. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1545, 416.945. ... The ALJ assessed Plaintiff’s RFC after considering objective evidence, treatment history, medication use, medical opinions, and the effects of Plaintiff’s illegal drugs.

Section 404.1545(a)(1) measures residual functional capacity by what a claimant can do despite limitations, based on all relevant evidence.

Bowling · filed 2026-02-10(a)(1)

A claimant’s RFC is the most he can do in a work setting despite his limitations. Schmitt, 27 F.4th at 1360 (citing 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(1)). When determining a claimant’s RFC, the ALJ must consider “all relevant evidence, including medical records, observations of treating physicians and others, and the claimant’s own description of [her] limitations.” Papesh v. Colvin, 786 F3d 1126, 1131 (8th Cir. 2015) (citations and quotation marks omitted).

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

Wilson · filed 2026-02-10(a)(1)

An ALJ must assess a claimant’s RFC based on all the relevant evidence in a claimant’s case file.

Section 404.1545(a)(1) requires an ALJ to assess residual functional capacity using all relevant evidence, including testimony, medical opinions, and objective medical evidence.

Bird · filed 2026-02-13(a)(1)

As set forth above, in formulating Plaintiff’s RFC, the ALJ properly considered the totality of the evidence, that is, Plaintiff’s testimony; the medical opinions; and objective medical evidence provided before and after the opinion testimony was rendered, including evidence concerning Plaintiff’s planned surgeries.

Section 404.1545 requires an ALJ assessing residual functional capacity to consider objective medical facts, diagnoses, medical opinions, and the claimant’s subjective symptoms.

Dejesus · filed 2026-02-23

In reaching an RFC determination, an ALJ must consider objective medical facts, diagnoses, medical opinions based on these facts, and the claimant’s subjective symptoms, including pain and other limitations.

Section 404.1545 allows an ALJ to assess residual functional capacity using other record evidence when medical opinions are unpersuasive.

Hinds · filed 2026-02-26(a)(1), (a)(3), (e)

The regulations do not prohibit the ALJ from assessing the claimant’s RFC based on other record evidence when the ALJ finds the available medical opinions to be unpersuasive.

Section 404.1545(a)(1) requires an RFC assessment to account for the claimant’s limitations using all relevant evidence in the administrative record.

Hayes · filed 2026-02-11(a)(1)

An RFC measures the tasks a person can perform given her limitations based on “all the relevant evidence” in the administrative record. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(1); see also Pepper v. Colvin, 712 F.3d 351, 362 (7th Cir. 2013). ... True, but the underlying issue here is that the ALJ failed to engage with the opinion and other evidence showing that Megan cannot reliably leave home for work, suffers significant concentration problems, and cannot perform even the most basic work tasks.

Residual functional capacity measures what an individual can do despite his limitations.

Wallace · filed 2026-02-12(a)(1)

An RFC is a measure of what an individual can do despite his limitations. Young v. Barnhart, 362 F.3d 995, 1000–01 (7th Cir. 2004); 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(1).

Section 404.1545(a)(1) defines residual functional capacity as the most a claimant can still do despite limitations and requires assessment using all relevant evidence in the record.

Collins · filed 2026-02-17(a)(1)

The claimant must provide evidence establishing his or her residual functional capacity (RFC), which “is the most [the claimant] can still do despite [his or her] limitations,” and is assessed using “all the relevant evidence in [the] case record.”

Residual functional capacity is the most a claimant can still do despite her limitations.

Childress · filed 2026-02-20(a)(1)

A claimant’s “residual functional capacity is the most [she] can still do despite [her] limitations.” 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(1).

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

Soper · filed 2026-02-26(a)(1)

The claimant must provide evidence establishing his or her residual functional capacity (RFC), which “is the most [the claimant] can still do despite [his or her] limitations,” and is assessed using “all the relevant evidence in [the] case record.” 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1545(a)(1), 416.945(a)(1).

Section 404.1545 requires an RFC assessment to account for the relevant evidence and explain the claimant’s assessed ability to sit.

Goode · filed 2026-03-03(a)

While this may be a valid reason to discount Plaintiff’s claim that he may sit for at most an hour, what is missing from this assessment is the ALJ’s explanation why she believes Plaintiff can “sit with normal breaks for a total of 6 hours in an 8-hour workday.” (ALJ’s Decision, R. at 21.)

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

Gilbreath · filed 2026-03-10(a)(3)

In determining the appropriate RFC, the ALJ will consider “the relevant medical and other evidence.” 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(3). ... The Court does not find that the ALJ cherry-picked the evidence for the reasons explained below.

Section 404.1545 requires an RFC assessment to be based on all relevant medical and other evidence in the record.

Duvall · filed 2026-03-16(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 an RFC assessment based on all relevant medical and other evidence, not solely on medical opinions.

Jiselle A.C. v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2026-03-03(a)(3)

The case law on which Plaintiff relies, including Manso-Pizarro, addresses materially different circumstances: an ALJ finding that the claimant was capable of more than accounted for by any of the medical sources or an ALJ rejecting all medical opinion evidence, relying on lay judgment to the claimant’s detriment. Neither circumstance is present here. Evangelista, 826 F.2d at 144 (ALJ may piece together relevant medical facts from the findings and opinions of multiple physicians); 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(3) (RFC is assessed based on all relevant medical and other evidence, not solely on medical opinions).

Section 404.1545 requires an RFC assessment to account for relevant evidence of a claimant’s limitations; overlooking or mischaracterizing evidence that supports a different RFC is reversible error.

King · filed 2026-03-05(a)(1)

The ALJ either overlooked or mischaracterized evidence that supported a contrary RFC, and this was reversible error.

Section 404.1545(a) requires an RFC assessment based on all relevant evidence, including evidence of social interaction limitations.

Welch · filed 2026-03-11(a)

Here, the ALJ considered the whole record and adequately accounted for Plaintiff’s social interaction limitations in his RFC determination.

Section 404.1545(a)(1) defines residual functional capacity as the most a claimant can do despite limitations and bases its assessment on all relevant record evidence.

Pendergrass v. Commissioner Social Security · filed 2026-03-04(a)(1)

An RFC assessment determines “the most [the claimant] can still do despite [his] limitations” and is “based on all the relevant evidence in [the claimant]’s case record.” 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(1). ... However, as we have stated above, it is clear that the ALJ considered all of the evidence and carefully weighed it as a whole.

An ALJ must assess residual functional capacity using all relevant evidence in the case record.

Pirtle · filed 2026-03-04(a)(1)

An ALJ must assess a claimant’s “residual functional capacity based on all the relevant evidence in [the] case record,” 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(1), and “does not improperly assume the role of a medical expert by assessing the medical and non-medical evidence before rendering a residual functional capacity finding,” Poe, 342 F. App’x at 157.

Section 404.1545(a)(3) calls for an RFC assessment based on medical evidence and the other evidence in the record.

Pryor · filed 2026-03-05(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. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1529, 404.1545(a)(3), 404.1546(c), 416.929, 416.945(a)(3), 416.946(c). ... Contrary to Plaintiff’s general assertion, substantial evidence in the record supports the ALJ’s RFC findings.

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.

Sherman · filed 2026-03-06(a)(1)

An RFC measures the tasks a person can perform given her limitations based on “all the relevant evidence” in the administrative record. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(1); see also Pepper v. Colvin, 712 F.3d 351, 362 (7th Cir. 2013).

Residual functional capacity measures the most a claimant can do in a work setting despite limitations; an assessment allowing a reduced range of light work may stand when supported by substantial evidence.

LaRue · filed 2026-03-09(a)(1)

The record contains substantial evidence to support the ALJ’s finding that Ms. LaRue could perform a reduced range of light work.

Residual functional capacity measures the most a claimant can still do despite limitations; symptoms and diagnoses alone do not establish greater functional restrictions.

Henderson v. Social Security Administration · filed 2026-03-13(a)(1)

The claimant’s RFC represents “the most [the claimant] can still do despite [their] limitations.” Id. at §§ 404.1545(a)(1), 416.945(a)(1). ... However, Henderson again points only to symptoms and conditions, not to functional limitations.

Section 404.1545 permits an ALJ to assess residual functional capacity from the evidence as a whole without matching a particular medical opinion.

Keil · filed 2026-03-13

Although the RFC does not specifically mirror any opinion in the record, that is not required.

Section 404.1545(a)(1) requires an ALJ to assess residual functional capacity based on all relevant evidence in the record; material misstatements and omissions can leave the assessment unsupported.

French · filed 2026-03-13(a)(1)

An ALJ must assess a claimant’s “residual functional capacity based on all the relevant evidence in [the] case record,” 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(1), such as: medical history; medical signs and laboratory findings; the effects of treatment; reports of daily activities; lay evidence; recorded observations; medical source statements; effects of symptoms; evidence from attempts to work; need for a structured living environment; and work evaluations, see SSR 96-8p, Assessing Residual Functional Capacity in Initial Claims, 61 Fed. Reg. 34474, 34477 (July 2, 1996). ... Because it is not clear whether or how the ALJ factored the mischaracterized and/or omitted evidence into his Step Four findings, the Court finds the ALJ inadequately articulated his RFC analysis, failed to support that analysis with substantial evidence, and ultimately failed to build “an accurate and logical bridge between the evidence and the result.” Fleischer, 774 F. Supp. 2d at 877.

An ALJ assessing residual functional capacity must consider all relevant evidence, including evidence obtained after agency consultants made their findings.

Webster · filed 2026-03-18(a)(3)

In other words, while the state agency consultants did not have the benefit of the full record, the ALJ considered and accounted for subsequent evidence in assessing Ms. W.’s RFC.

In assessing residual functional capacity, an ALJ must consider relevant medical evidence and statements about what the claimant can still do.

Heintz · filed 2026-03-18(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.” ... The ALJ did consider plaintiff's November 2020 spinal fusion surgery and the opinions of Drs. Jenouri and Meyer.

An RFC assessment considers relevant medical and other evidence; an error in finding an impairment not medically determinable may be harmless if the ALJ actually considers its symptoms when assessing RFC.

McKee · filed 2026-03-19(a)(3)

In determining the appropriate RFC, the ALJ will consider “the relevant medical and other evidence.” 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(3). ... Here, the ALJ, in assessing Plaintiff’s RFC, explicitly acknowledged Plaintiff’s “hand symptoms” [Tr. 24]. ... The Court therefore finds Plaintiff's objection not well taken.

Section 404.1545 requires an ALJ to consider the entire record when assessing how physical and mental impairments limit a claimant’s ability to work.

Currin · filed 2026-03-19(a)(1)–(3)

When assessing an RFC, an ALJ must consider the entire record to determine the total limiting impacts of a claimant’s physical and mental impairments. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1545(a)(1)– (3).

Section 404.1545 requires an ALJ to base residual functional capacity on all relevant evidence, including the claimant’s reported limitations and medical and nonmedical evidence.

Kuhn · filed 2026-03-19(a)(1)-(5)

The ALJ must base the RFC on all relevant evidence in the record, including the claimant’s descriptions of her limitations and symptoms, objective medical evidence, medical opinions, other medical evidence, evidence from non-medical sources, and prior administrative medical findings. See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(1)-(5).

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

Alexa Jean M. v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2026-03-20

In reaching an RFC determination, an ALJ must consider objective medical facts, diagnoses, medical opinions, and the claimant's subjective symptoms, including pain and other limitations.

Section 404.1545(a)(3) requires the ALJ to consider opinion evidence when assessing residual functional capacity.

Thornton · filed 2026-03-23(a)(3)

When assessing a claimant’s RFC, the ALJ must consider the opinion evidence.

An RFC is based on all relevant medical and other evidence and may include the claimant’s description of limitations caused by symptoms.

Hughes · filed 2026-03-23(a)(3)

The RFC is based on all relevant medical and other evidence in the record and may include a claimant’s own description of limitations arising from alleged symptoms. ... While Claimant contends this was error, the court can trace the ALJ’s reasoning for not imposing additional limitations or finding her migraines disabling.

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

Allison · filed 2026-03-24(a)(3)

An ALJ must base his determination of a claimant’s RFC on all relevant evidence in the record, including the claimant’s medical history and findings, the effects of treatment, reports of daily activities, and medical opinions. ... The ALJ’s 20- and 10-pound weight restriction is further supported by the ALJ’s review of the opinions of the first- and second-level state agency reviewers.

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

Norris · filed 2026-03-25(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. ... The ALJ’s decision provides sufficient explanation for the RFC ultimately adopted.

Section 404.1545(a)(3) requires an RFC assessment to consider all relevant evidence, including the claimant’s description of limitations caused by symptoms.

Davis · filed 2026-03-27(a)(3)

The RFC assessment must be based upon all relevant evidence, which may include the claimant’s own description of limitations from alleged symptoms. SSR 96–8p, 1996 WL 374184, at *5; 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(3). ... The ALJ also did not explain why she implicitly rejected Plaintiff’s testimony about the work-related effects of his migraines. This contravenes 20 C.F.R. § 1523(c), SSR 96–8p, 1996 WL 374184, at *5, and the ALJ’s duty to explain how she reached her conclusions in the RFC. Remand is, therefore, required.

Section 404.1545(e) requires consideration of all medical and nonmedical evidence when assessing the total limiting effects of impairments and related symptoms on residual functional capacity.

Whitley · filed 2026-03-31(e)

Further, contrary to Plaintiff’s assertion, the Court finds the ALJ did not rely on “lay analysis” of the medical record in reaching this conclusion. Rather, the ALJ accurately summarized the medical evidence. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(e) (“In assessing the total limiting effects of your impairment(s) and any related symptoms, we will consider all of the medical and nonmedical evidence.”). Based on the thorough discussion of the record, the ALJ reasonably concluded that the lack of clinical signs or abnormal signs on exam “despite alleged daily headaches . . . is not consistent with needing to lie in a dark room with ear plugs most of the day.” (AR 30).

Section 404.1545(a)(1) requires the ALJ to consider all relevant medical and other evidence when assessing residual functional capacity, even when the claimant has only mild mental limitations.

Macfarlane · filed 2026-04-13(a)(1)

At the same time, even when an ALJ assesses only mild paragraph B limitations, the ALJ must still consider “all relevant medical and other evidence” when determining a claimant’s RFC.

Section 404.1545 requires an RFC assessment based on all relevant evidence; an inadequately developed record may require further development and reassessment of RFC.

Lopp · filed 2026-04-29(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 peripheral neuropathy and myelopathy. With this evidence, the ALJ should then re-evaluate Plaintiff's RFC and specifically list in a hypothetical to a vocational expert any limitations that are indicated in the RFC assessment and supported by the evidence.

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

Stabler · filed 2026-05-01(a)

The ALJ’s discussion of these opinions shows the ALJ did not play doctor, but considered the opinions in the context of other evidence in the record as required by regulation. See 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1545(a), 416.945(a); see also 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520c(c)(1)-(2), 416.920c(c)(1)-(2) (an ALJ must assess whether an opinion is supported by or consistent with other evidence in the record).

An RFC assessment is adequately supported when the ALJ considers the claimant’s reported limitations alongside objective evidence, treatment history, medication use, and medical consultant findings.

Dennis · filed 2026-05-04

The Court finds that the ALJ appropriately assessed Plaintiff’s RFC after considering her testimony and her subjective reports to the medical care providers, objective evidence, treatment history, medication use, and the findings of the state agency medical consultants.

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

Bloxham · filed 2026-05-12(a)(3)

Plaintiff’s argument identifies competing evidence in the record, but the mere existence of such evidence does not render the record ambiguous or inadequate. See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(3) (requiring the ALJ to assess RFC based on “all of the relevant medical and other evidence”). The ALJ expressly considered both the abnormal findings cited by Plaintiff and the largely unremarkable objective evidence to formulate Plaintiff’s RFC (Dkt. 12 at 37–40).

Section 404.1545 requires an ALJ to assess residual functional capacity using all relevant evidence, including clinical findings, medical opinions, and the claimant’s statements.

Woods · filed 2026-05-21

It is a holistic factual finding “made by the [ALJ] based on all the relevant evidence in the case record,” Felton-Miller v. Astrue, 459 F. App’x 226, 230–31 (4th Cir. 2011) (per curiam), including clinical findings, medical opinions, and the claimant’s statements both to the agency and to her own healthcare providers, 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545.

An RFC assessment must consider all relevant medical and other evidence, including limitations reflected in medical opinions.

Snodgrass · filed 2026-06-01(a)(3)

The RFC assessment is based on “all of the relevant medical and other evidence.” 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(3). ... Even if the ALJ technically erred by not directly explaining in her decision how persuasive she found Dr. Shenesey’s opinion, any such error was harmless because the ALJ clearly stated that she did consider the limitations set forth by Dr. Shenesey in formulating the RFC in this case – “[t]he undersigned has considered these limitations and put the verifiable limitations in the RFC using vocationally-relevant terms.”

Section 404.1545 defines residual functional capacity as what a claimant can still do despite limitations; the assessment must support its specific functional limits with evidence.

Boyd v. Kijakazi · filed 2023-04-10(a)(1)

An ALJ’s RFC assessment must discuss and describe how the evidence supports each conclusion, and must cite specific medical facts and nonmedical evidence in doing so, as well as resolve any material inconsistencies or ambiguities in the evidence of record. SSR 96-8p, 1996 WL 374184, at *7. The ALJ did not undergo this process here.

An RFC assessment must consider relevant medical and other evidence, and a light-work finding needs evidence supporting the claimant’s functional abilities.

Curtin v. Kijakazi · filed 2023-04-12(a)(3)

However this opinion, particularly when supported by no medical opinions or findings as to Plaintiff’s RFC and standing only with the ALJ’s lay interpretation of the medical record, is not substantial evidence of the finding of an RFC of light work.

An RFC assessment must consider relevant medical evidence when determining a claimant’s functional limitations.

Hardaway v. Saul · filed 2023-03-31(a)(3)

The Court holds only that, given the lack of discussion regarding the documented swelling in Plaintiffs wrists and fingers in both the opinion evidence and the ALJ’s RFC assessment, it is unclear whether additional manipulative restrictions may be warranted.

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

Mills v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration · filed 2020-08-14(a)(3)

In assessing a claimant’s RFC, the ALJ considers “all of the relevant medical and other evidence,” including medical opinion evidence. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(3); see 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1513(a)(2), 404.1527.

Section 404.1545(a)(3) requires an RFC assessment to consider all relevant medical and other evidence, including the claimant’s testimony.

Childers v. SSA · filed 2022-07-12(a)(3)

The Commissioner’s assessment is based upon all of the ... relevant medical evidence and other evidence in the record, including the claimant’s testimony. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(3). ... The ALJ took all of the above into consideration when fashioning Childers’s RFC.

Section 404.1545(a)(3) requires an ALJ to consider relevant medical and nonmedical evidence when assessing residual functional capacity.

Ross v. Barnhart · filed 2004-12-22(a)(3)

In considering a claimant’s RFC, an ALJ is expected to take into consideration all relevant evidence, both medical and non-medical. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(3). ... The ALJ did so in this case.

An RFC assessment must consider all relevant medical and other evidence.

Land v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2012-10-26(a)(3)

We are not persuaded by Land’s argument because it fails to consider “all the relevant medical and other evidence” that was available to the ALJ. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(3) (emphasis added).

Section 404.1545(a)(3) requires an ALJ to assess residual functional capacity using all relevant evidence in the claimant’s record, including medical statements and observations of limitations.

Kingery v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2015-09-14(a)(3)

Ah ALJ determines a claimant’s RFC “based on all the relevant evidence in [the claimant’s] case record,” including statements about what the claimant can do' “provided by medical sources” and “descriptions and observations of [the Claimant’s] limitations from [his or her] impáirment(s), • including limitations that result from [the claimant’s] symptoms, such as pain, provided by [his or her] family, neighbors, friends, or other persons.” 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(3). ... Accordingly, substantial evidence supports the ALJ’s RFC determination, including her assessment of the pre-alleged onset date evidence.

Section 404.1545(a)(3) requires an ALJ to consider all relevant medical and non-medical evidence when assessing residual functional capacity.

Tapper III v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2019-07-30(a)(3)

In evaluating a claimant’s RFC, an ALJ is expected to take into consideration all of the relevant evidence, including both medical and non-medical evidence. See 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1545(a)(3); 416.945(a)(3). ... The ALJ made several inferences about Plaintiff’s work ability without adequate support in the record.

Section 404.1545(a) requires the SSA to consider the entire record when assessing residual functional capacity; it need not rely solely on physicians’ opinions.

Hammons v. Saul · filed 2019-08-21(a)

Thus, though the ALJ was not required to do so, she did, in fact, rely in part on the medical experts’ opinions in fashioning the RFC.

Section 404.1545(a)(1) requires an RFC assessment of what a claimant can still do despite limitations, based on relevant evidence of the claimant’s functional abilities.

Jackson v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2019-09-23(a)(1)

“The RFC is an assessment of the most [the claimant] can still do despite [his or her] limitations” 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(1) and is assessed using all the relevant evidence in [the] case record.” ... Since there is no direct or indirect medical evidence to support the ALJ’s RFC determination, the ALJ improperly substituted her opinion for a physician’s.

Section 404.1545(a)(1) requires an ALJ to assess residual functional capacity using all relevant evidence of record.

Gutierrez-Gonzalez v. Astrue · filed 2012-09-19(a)(1)

An ALJ makes an RFC determination by weighing all the relevant evidence of record. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(1); SSR 96-8p, 1996 WL 374184 (July 2,1996). ... In determining that medical improvement occurred, the ALJ did not appropriately weigh, or articulate her weighing of, the medical evidence of record, including but not limited to Dr. Reyes’s assessment.

Section 404.1545(a)(1) requires an RFC assessment to consider all relevant evidence, including evidence of limitations from impairments that are not severe.

Longmire v. Colvin · filed 2017-12-19(a)(1)

In assessing a claimant's RFC, “the ALJ must evaluate all limitations that arise from medically determinable impairments, even those that are not severe,” and may not dismiss evidence contrary to the ALJ's determination. ... Accordingly, the Court finds that the ALJ erred by failing to address a line of evidence regarding psychotic symptoms when assessing Plaintiff’s RFC.

An ALJ assesses residual functional capacity using all relevant medical and other evidence and need not include limitations unsupported by the record.

Liseo v. Berryhill · filed 2020-01-27(a)(3)

The ALJ “will assess [the plaintiff’s] residual functional capacity based on all of the relevant medical and other evidence.” 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(3). ... Plaintiff has failed to establish that the ALJ erred in his determination of plaintiff’s RFC. As stated earlier, the Court has already found that the ALJ’s determination on this matter is supported by substantial evidence.

Section 404.1545(a) requires an RFC assessment to consider all relevant evidence, including evidence of limitations that conflicts with the ALJ’s finding.

PIPER v. BERRYHILL · filed 2020-02-12(a)

The assessment must be based upon all of the relevant evidence, including the medical records, medical source opinions, and the individual’s subjective allegations and description of his own limitations. ... For these reasons, the ALJ’s RFC finding is not supported by substantial evidence, and remand is necessary for proper consideration and discussion of the record evidence related to Plaintiff’s urinary incontinence and alleged need for bathroom breaks.

An ALJ assessing residual functional capacity must consider all relevant medical and other evidence, including potential bending and sitting limitations.

Ellis v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2020-03-05(a)(3)

In assessing a claimant’s RFC, an ALJ must consider “all of the relevant medical and other evidence,” including a claimant’s subjective complaints of pain. Id. § 404.1545(a)(3). ... Accordingly, the Commissioner’s decision is reversed and remanded in order for the Commissioner to properly consider any potential postural limitations related to bending (stooping) and/or sitting, and weigh Dr. Duggal’s opinion in accordance with the applicable factors.

Section 404.1545(a) requires an RFC assessment to consider relevant evidence about a claimant’s ability to meet the requirements of work.

Selg v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2020-03-18(a)

This evidence would appear to bear on the ALJ’s RFC determination regarding Selg’s ability to understand and carry out simple instructions and routine tasks, see id. at 16-17, but the SMRC report was not specifically addressed in the ALJ’s decision. Because the ALJ did not address the March 22, 2017, report, which constitutes a medical opinion, in conducting the RFC analysis, remand is required in order for the ALJ to explicitly evaluate the SMRC report and explain what weight, if any, should be assigned to it.