20 C.F.R. § 404.1545

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires an ALJ to consider the combined effect of all medically determinable impairments, including non-severe impairments, when assessing residual functional capacity.

Garcia-Torres v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2024-04-30(a)(2)

An ALJ is required to consider all of a plaintiff’s impairments whether severe or non-severe in order to determine their combined effect on the RFC.

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires an RFC assessment to consider all medically determinable impairments, including those found not severe.

Ochoa v. O'Malley · filed 2024-04-04(a)(2)

When assessing the claimant’s residual functional capacity, the ALJ needed to consider “all” of her medically determinable impairments, including impairments that the ALJ concluded were “not severe.” 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(2); see also Loader v. Berryhill, 722 F. App’x 653, 654–55 (9th Cir. 2018).

An RFC assessment must consider all known medically determinable impairments, including those that are not severe.

TAYLOR-HARMON v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY · filed 2024-04-16(a)(2)

This inquiry follows because the RFC assessment requires consideration of “all [] [the claimant’s] medically determinable impairments of which [the ALJ] [is] aware, including [the claimant’s] medically determinable impairments that are not ‘severe.’” 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(2); accord id. § 416.945(a)(2).

An ALJ assessing residual functional capacity must consider all impairments, severe and nonsevere, singly and in combination.

Grayson v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration · filed 2024-04-30(a)(2)

When formulating a claimant’s RFC, the ALJ must consider all impairments—both severe and non-severe—singly and in combination.

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires the ALJ to consider limitations from all of a claimant’s impairments, including those that are not severe, when assessing residual functional capacity.

VELEZ v. KIJAKAZI · filed 2024-04-30(a)(2)

In assessing a claimant’s RFC, the ALJ must consider limitations and restrictions imposed by all of an individual’s impairments, including those that are not severe. Id. §§ 404.1545(a)(2), 416.954(a)(2).

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires the ALJ to consider the combined effect of multiple conditions, including those that are not severe, when assessing residual functional capacity.

Rush v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration · filed 2024-05-31(a)(2)

The ALJ must consider the combined effect of multiple conditions, including those that are not severe. See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(2).

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires an ALJ to consider all medically determinable impairments, including non-severe impairments, together when assessing residual functional capacity.

MARTIN v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY · filed 2024-05-13(a)(2)

Indeed, ALJs must consider all the claimant’s medically determinable impairments, severe or not, in combination in the RFC assessment.

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires an ALJ to consider every medically determinable impairment when assessing residual functional capacity, regardless of severity.

HAMMOND v. O'MALLEY · filed 2024-05-29(a)(2)

Plaintiff correctly points out that the ALJ must consider all a claimant’s medically determinable impairments,2 without regard to severity. See 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1545(a)(2), 416.945(a)(2).

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires the ALJ to consider the combined effect of a claimant’s conditions, including those that are not severe, when assessing residual functional capacity.

Gallagher v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration · filed 2024-06-21(a)(2)

The ALJ must consider the combined effect of multiple conditions, including those that are not severe. See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(2).

Section 404.1545(e) requires consideration of limitations from all impairments in assessing residual functional capacity, but does not require a separate discussion of each severe impairment.

Graham v. Commissioner Social Security Administration · filed 2024-06-14(e)

As‘to claims that the ALJ failed to. address her obesity in the RFC calculation, Plaintiff provides no authority stating an ALJ must address limitations caused by each severe impairment individually. Such a requirement would be needlessly cumbersome and add time to an already long administrative process.

An RFC assessment must consider all medically determinable impairments, including non-severe impairments.

Graham-Babcock v. Kijakazi · filed 2024-06-17(a)(2)

In making this assessment, the ALJ must consider all Babcock’s medically determinable impairments, including any non-severe impairments identified by the ALJ at step two of his or her analysis.

An RFC assessment considers all of a claimant’s impairments, including those not deemed severe.

HIGGINS-ALLEN v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY · filed 2024-07-15(a)(2)

The ALJ considers all impairments in this analysis, not just those deemed to be severe. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1545(a)(2), 416.945(a)(2); SSR 96-8p, 1996 WL 374184 (Jul. 2, 1996).

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires an ALJ to consider all medically determinable impairments when assessing residual functional capacity, including mild mental limitations.

Chavis v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2024-07-18(a)(2)

Pursuant to those regulations, the ALJ must “consider all of [a claimant’s] medically determinable impairments.” 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1545(a)(2), 416.945(a)(2) (emphasis added). ... Here, the ALJ considers the mild limitation assigned to the functional area of interacting with others in step four consistent with 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1545, 416.945, and Fourth Circuit case law.

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

EVERITT v. O'MALLEY · filed 2024-07-23

An ALJ must consider all medically determinable impairments in assessing a claimant’s RFC, including impairments that are not severe.

Section 404.1545(e) requires the RFC to account for the combined limiting effects of all medically determinable impairments, including nonsevere impairments and pain.

VanCoevern v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2024-08-13(e)

The RFC must contemplate the “total limiting effects” of all MDIs, both “severe” and “non-severe,” including the effect of pain. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1545(e), 416.945(e).

Section 404.1545 requires an ALJ to consider the combined effects of medically determinable impairments when assessing residual functional capacity.

Clark v. O'Malley · filed 2024-08-15

The ALJ did so here and included limitations in Plaintiff’s RFC out of “consideration of [Plaintiff’s] combined impairments and distractions from pain,” such as “no fast-paced production work such as assembly line work and expected absenteeism of one day per month[.]” AR 28. Plaintiff does not explain how such accommodation failed to account for the combined effects of his medically determinable impairments, let alone any depression he has experienced but failed to describe to the ALJ, Dr. Grubbs, or any other source in the record.

Section 404.1545(e) requires the ALJ to consider the combined effect of all impairments, including non-severe impairments, when determining residual functional capacity.

MOORE v. O'MALLEY · filed 2024-09-24(e)

However, provided that the claimant has at least one severe impairment, the ALJ must consider the combined effect of all of the claimant’s impairments, irrespective of whether they are severe, in determining the claimant’s RFC.

Section 404.1545 requires an ALJ to consider all of a claimant’s impairments when assessing residual functional capacity.

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

Here, the ALJ failed to consider Johnson’s urinary issues, plantar fasciitis, and foot arthritis when determining her RFC. Because it does not appear that the ALJ considered all of Johnson’s impairments, this Court cannot conclude that the RFC determination is supported by substantial evidence.

Section 404.1545 requires the ALJ to consider non-severe impairments when assessing residual functional capacity.

Delay v. Kijakazi · filed 2024-09-10

Because the ALJ must consider even non-severe impairments in assessing the RFC, the RFC should be “exactly the same regardless of whether certain impairments are considered ‘severe’ or not.” Id. at 1049.

Section 404.1545(a) requires consideration of all medically determinable impairments, including non-severe impairments, when assessing residual functional capacity.

Amburg-Wyhs v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2024-09-23(a)

As required, at step four in the evaluation, the ALJ considered all of Plaintiff's medically determinable impairments, including those he found non-severe, when assessing Plaintiff's RFC.

An RFC must account for all medically determinable impairments and their combined limiting effects, including mental limitations.

Cockreham v. Commissioner Social Security Administration · filed 2024-09-13(e)

An RFC must contemplate all of a claimant’s medically determinable impairments and reflect the total limiting effects of all such impairments. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1545(e), 416.945(e). In this case, the ALJ’s RFC formulation failed to include any limitations for plaintiff’s mental impairments and thus was incomplete.

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires the ALJ to consider the combined effects of severe and non-severe impairments when assessing residual functional capacity.

Kelough v. Social Security Administration · filed 2024-09-18(a)(2)

As explained above, the ALJ must consider the combined effects of all the claimant’s severe and non-severe impairments in formulating the RFC.

An RFC assessment must consider the limiting effects of all impairments, including nonsevere impairments, and the claimant’s pain and other symptoms.

Bradley v. O'Malley · filed 2024-09-24(a)(3)

The ALJ must also consider the limiting effects of all impairments, including those that are not severe, as well as “the claimant’s subjective experiences of pain” and other symptoms. ... Rather, the RFC determination is not supported by substantial evidence because the ALJ fails to adequately consider and address D.B.’s pain and fails to provide clear and convincing reasons for discounting D.B.’s testimony as to his pain.

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires an ALJ assessing residual functional capacity to address each medically determinable impairment supported by the evidence.

Morris, Jr. v. Commissioner Of Social Security · filed 2024-09-27(a)(2)

When considering each of Charles’s impairments—as the ALJ is required to do, see 20 C.F.R.§ 404.1545(a)(2)—the ALJ should have addressed Charles’s nerve paralysis.

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires the ALJ to consider all medically determinable impairments, including those that are not severe, when assessing residual functional capacity.

Lebourdais v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration · filed 2024-09-30(a)(2)

If a claimant has more than one impairment, the ALJ must consider all medically determinable impairments, including “medically determinable impairments that are not ‘severe.’ ” 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1545(a)(2), 416.945(a)(2).

An ALJ assessing residual functional capacity must consider all of a claimant’s impairments, including those that are not severe.

Gregory v. Kijakazi · filed 2024-09-30(a)(2)

In assessing a claimant’s RFC, an ALJ must consider all of the claimant’s impairments, including those that are not severe.

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires the ALJ to consider all medically determinable impairments when assessing residual functional capacity, including impairments found non-severe at step two.

Coohill v. Kijakazi · filed 2024-09-30(a)(2)

In making this assessment, the ALJ considers ... all the claimant’s medically determinable impairments, including any non-severe impairments identified by the ALJ at step two of his or her analysis.

Section 404.1545 requires an RFC assessment to consider all medically determinable impairments, including non-severe impairments.

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

In determining an RFC, all recorded medically determinable impairments that are suffered by claimant are considered, including non-severe impairments. Id.

Section 404.1545 requires an RFC assessment to account for the combined effects of severe and non-severe impairments.

Howard v. Commissioner, Social Security Administration · filed 2024-10-03(a)(1)

Nor are we persuaded that the ALJ otherwise failed to con- sider the combined effect of Howard’s severe and non-severe im- pairments in determining her RFC.

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires the ALJ to consider all medically determinable impairments, including non-severe impairments, when assessing residual functional capacity.

Freel v. Kijakazi · filed 2024-10-28(a)(2)

In making this assessment, the ALJ considers ... all the claimant’s medically determinable impairments, including any non-severe impairments identified by the ALJ at step two of his or her analysis.

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires an ALJ to consider all of a claimant’s impairments, including nonsevere impairments, when assessing residual functional capacity.

Santiago v. O'Malley · filed 2024-10-29(a)(2)

In making the RFC finding the ALJ must consider all of the claimant’s impairments, including impairments that are not severe.

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires the ALJ to consider all medically determinable impairments, including non-severe impairments, when assessing residual functional capacity.

Labar v. Kijakazi · filed 2024-10-21(a)(2)

In making this assessment, the ALJ considers all the claimant’s medically determinable impairments, including any non-severe impairments identified by the ALJ at step two of his or her analysis.

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires the ALJ to consider all medically determinable impairments, including non-severe impairments, when assessing residual functional capacity.

Kendricks v. Kijakazi · filed 2024-11-27(a)(2)

In making this assessment, the ALJ considers all of the claimant’s medically determinable impairments, including any non-severe impairments identified by the ALJ at step two of his or her analysis.

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires an ALJ to consider all medically determinable impairments, including nonsevere impairments, when assessing residual functional capacity.

TRELOAR v. KIJAKAZI · filed 2024-11-27(a)(2)

An ALJ is required to consider all of a claimant’s medically determinable impairments, including impairments that are not severe. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1545(a)(2), 416.945(a)(2).

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires an RFC assessment to consider all of a claimant’s impairments, including severe and non-severe impairments.

Shiebler v. O'Malley · filed 2024-12-17(a)(2)

RFC determinations must consider all the claimant’s impairments, including severe and non-severe impairments.

Section 404.1545(b) requires an ALJ to consider a claimant’s impairments and related symptoms when assessing exertional and non-exertional capacity.

MENZEL v. COLVIN · filed 2024-12-31(b)

An ALJ must determine a claimant’s exertional and non-exertional capacity only after considering all of a claimant’s impairments, as well as any related symptoms, including pain. See Hines, 453 F.3d at 562–63; 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(b).

Section 404.1545 requires an ALJ to consider all of a claimant’s impairments and related symptoms when determining residual functional capacity.

RIVERA v. O'MALLEY · filed 2025-01-06(b)

An ALJ must determine a claimant’s exertional and non-exertional capacity only after considering all of a claimant’s impairments, as well as any related symptoms, including pain. See Hines, 453 F.3d at 562–63; 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(b).

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires the ALJ to consider all medically determinable impairments, including non-severe impairments, when assessing residual functional capacity.

Sherman v. O'Malley · filed 2025-01-16(a)(2)

In making this assessment, the ALJ must consider all the claimant’s medically determinable impairments, including any non-severe impairments identified by the ALJ at step two of his or her analysis.

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires an RFC assessment to consider all medically determinable impairments together, including those that are not severe.

GONZALEZ v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY · filed 2025-02-20(a)(2)

This is because the RFC determination must consider every medically determinable impairment—both severe and non-severe—in combination.

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires the ALJ to consider all medically determinable impairments when assessing residual functional capacity, including non-severe impairments.

Moffa v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2025-02-24(a)(2)

In making this assessment, the ALJ considers all of the claimant’s medically determinable impairments, including any non-severe impairments identified by the ALJ at step two of his or her analysis.

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires the ALJ to consider severe and non-severe impairments together when assessing residual functional capacity.

Johnson v. Acting Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2025-03-03(a)(2)

“Consideration of all impairments, severe and non-severe, is required when assessing a claimant’s RFC.” ... Here, substantial evidence supports the ALJ’s RFC finding that Johnson could perform a reduced range of sedentary work.

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires the ALJ to consider all medically determinable impairments, including their combined limitations, when assessing residual functional capacity.

Singer v. Dudek · filed 2025-03-06(a)(2)

See also 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(2) (“[W]e will consider all of [the claimant’s] medically determinable impairments of which we are aware . . . when we assess your residual functional capacity.”). Even if Plaintiff’s limitations were caused by the combination of Plaintiff’s migraines and Plaintiff’s mental impairments, the ALJ was still required to consider those limitations in assessing Plaintiff’s subjective complaints and formulating the RFC.

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires consideration of all medically determinable impairments, including those that are not severe, when assessing residual functional capacity.

Sharp v. O'Malley · filed 2025-03-09(a)(2)

But critically, all medically determinable impairments – even those not deemed severe – must be considered when determining a claimant’s RFC at step four of the sequential process.

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires the ALJ to consider all medically determinable impairments when assessing residual functional capacity, including those that are not severe.

Harvey v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2025-03-10(a)(2)

When determining the RFC, the ALJ must consider all medically determinable impairments, mental and physical, even those that are non-severe. ... The ALJ addressed the reported impairments and listed his reasoning for why the objective medical evidence supported his conclusions, which clearly surpasses the need to ‘minimally articulate’ his reasoning. The Court, thus, finds no error in the ALJ’s RFC formulation.

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires an ALJ to consider all known medically determinable impairments when assessing residual functional capacity, including impairments found not severe at step two.

(SS) Cano v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2025-03-12(a)(2)

Fourth, an ALJ is required to consider the impact of all impairments on a claimant’s RFC, whether they are deemed severe or not severe at step two. See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(2) (“We will consider all of your medically determinable impairments of which we are aware, including your medically determinable impairments that are not ‘severe.’”).

Section 404.1545(e) requires an ALJ to consider the combined limiting effects of severe and non-severe impairments when assessing residual functional capacity.

Minor v. Social Security Administration, Commissioner · filed 2025-03-17(e)

The ALJ’s brief mention of Ms. Minor’s mental impairments at step four is not sufficient for the Court to determine if the ALJ adequately considered how Ms. Minor’s gastrointestinal issues impacted her anxiety and depression.

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires an ALJ to consider both severe and non-severe impairments when assessing residual functional capacity.

Wright v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2025-03-17(a)(2)

The ALJ must consider both severe and non- severe impairments in assessing a claimant’s RFC. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1545(a)(2), 416.945(a)(2).

An RFC must account for limitations from all medically determinable impairments, including non-severe impairments.

Willis v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2025-03-18(a)(2)

A claimant’s RFC includes limitations for all medically determinable impairments, including non-severe impairments. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(2).

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires an ALJ to consider limitations from non-severe impairments when assessing residual functional capacity.

BUTLER v. O'MALLEY · filed 2025-03-20(a)(2)

Deciding that a level two determination of non-severity eliminates the need for consideration of resulting limitations at the RFC stage would simply read out of existence the regulatory requirement that non-severe impairments must be considered when assessing a claimant’s RFC. 20 C.F.R. §404.1545(a)(2).

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires the ALJ to consider severe and non-severe impairments when determining residual functional capacity.

Moore v. Dudek · filed 2025-03-25(a)(2)

See (Tr. 27–28); 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(e), 404.1545(a)(2) (requiring the ALJ to consider severe and non-severe impairments in determining the claimant’s RFC). ... Finally, the Court cannot say that the ALJ’s failure to account for Plaintiff’s GI impairments in crafting the RFC was harmless.

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires the ALJ to consider all medically determinable impairments when assessing residual functional capacity, including non-severe impairments.

O'Hara v. Kijakazi · filed 2025-03-19(a)(2)

In making this assessment, the ALJ considers all of the claimant’s medically determinable impairments, including any non-severe impairments identified by the ALJ at step two of his or her analysis.

Section 404.1545 defines residual functional capacity as the most a claimant can still do despite limitations and requires consideration of all impairments in assessing it.

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

The RFC assessment “is the most [a claimant] can still do despite [his or her] limitations.” 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1545(a)(1), 416.945(a)(1). ... The ALJ’s Decision reflects thoughtful consideration of the effects of all of Plaintiff's impairments, is supported by substantial evidence, and need not be disturbed.

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires the ALJ to consider all impairments when assessing residual functional capacity, including impairments found not severe.

SILVA v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY · filed 2025-03-26(a)(2)

The ALJ considers all impairments in this analysis, not just those deemed to be severe. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1545(a)(2), 416.945(a)(2).

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires an ALJ assessing residual functional capacity to consider all medically determinable impairments, including non-severe impairments.

ONLEY v. OMALLEY · filed 2025-03-26(a)(2)

To make an RFC assessment, the ALJ considers all the claimant’s medically determinable impairments, including any non-severe impairment.

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires the Commissioner to consider all medically determinable impairments, including nonsevere impairments, when assessing residual functional capacity.

Pope v. Social Security Administration, Commissioner · filed 2025-03-21(a)(2)

Pursuant to 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(2), the Commissioner must consider all medically determinable impairments (both mental and physical), including “medically determinable impairments that are not ‘severe,’” “when assessing a claimant’s residual functional capacity. ... Accordingly, this matter is due to be remanded because of the ALJ’s failure to address the impact—if any—of Pope’s fatigue on her RFC.

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires an ALJ to consider all of a claimant’s medically determinable impairments when assessing residual functional capacity.

Twining v. Social Security Administration · filed 2025-03-27(a)(2)

This is legal error because an ALJ is required to consider all of a claimant’s medically determinable impairments9 when assessing a claimant’s RFC. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(2).

Section 404.1545 requires an RFC assessment to consider limitations from all impairments, including those that are not severe.

Helms v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2025-03-27

The RFC assessment “is the most [a claimant] can still do despite [his or her] limitations.” 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1545(a)(1), 416.945(a)(1). ... In assessing a claimant’s RFC, the ALJ “must consider limitations and restrictions imposed by all of an individual’s impairments, even those that are not ‘severe.’” ... At the end of the day, the ALJ determined that light work with additional restrictions was the appropriate RFC, Tr. at 22, and the ALJ’s conclusion is supported by substantial evidence.

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires consideration of all known medically determinable impairments, including non-severe impairments, when assessing residual functional capacity.

McKinney v. O'Malley · filed 2025-03-30(a)(2)

But critically, all medically determinable impairments – even those not deemed severe – must be considered when determining a claimant’s RFC at step four of the sequential process. ... Because the ALJ properly evaluated Plaintiff's medically determinable impairments as well as the medical opinions (supra), there is no basis to reject the ALJ’s RFC assessment as incomplete or lacking substantial evidence.

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires the ALJ to consider all medically determinable impairments, including non-severe impairments, when assessing residual functional capacity.

Paolucci v. O'Malley · filed 2025-04-07(a)(2)

In making this assessment, the ALJ must consider all the claimant’s medically determinable impairments, including any non-severe impairments identified by the ALJ at step two of his or her analysis.

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires the ALJ to consider all medically determinable impairments, including non-severe impairments, when assessing residual functional capacity.

Geedy v. O'Malley · filed 2025-04-22(a)(2)

In making this assessment, the ALJ must consider all the claimant’s medically determinable impairments, including any non-severe impairments identified by the ALJ at step two of his or her analysis.

Section 404.1545 requires an RFC assessment to consider all relevant evidence, including severe and non-severe impairments.

Cole v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2025-06-17(a)(3)

The ALJ demonstrated his careful consideration of the entire record, including all severe and non-severe impairments, in his narrative summary of the RFC assessment.

An ALJ assessing residual functional capacity must consider all impairments and the extent to which they are consistent with medical evidence.

Spann v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2025-07-10(a)(2), (e)

In formulating a claimant’s RFC, the ALJ must consider all impairments and the extent to which they are consistent with medical evidence. 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1545(a)(2), (e), 416.945(a)(2), (e).

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires an ALJ to consider all medically determinable impairments, including non-severe impairments, when determining residual functional capacity.

Richmond v. O'Malley · filed 2025-07-24(a)(2)

Because Plaintiff made the threshold showing that several of her impairments were severe, the ALJ continued with the sequential evaluation process and properly considered all impairments when determining Plaintiff’s RFC.

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires the ALJ to consider all medically determinable impairments when assessing residual functional capacity, including those that are not severe.

Cuffee v. O' Malley · filed 2025-07-30(a)(2)

Because Plaintiff made the threshold showing that several of his impairments were severe, the ALJ continued with the sequential evaluation process and properly considered all impairments when determining Plaintiff’s RFC. See 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1545(a)(2), 416.945(a)(2). Any step two error, therefore, would not require remand.

Section 404.1545 requires an ALJ assessing residual functional capacity to consider all of a claimant’s impairments, including non-severe ones.

Garrison v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration · filed 2025-08-01(a)(2)

If Plaintiff has any severe impairment at step two, the ALJ at step four must consider all her impairments, severe and non-severe, in assessing her RFC. ... The ALJ accounted for all of Plaintiff’s impairments in formulating the sedentary RFC that included additional restrictions.

Section 404.1545(a)(2) limits RFC assessments to medically determinable impairments, whether severe or non-severe.

BONILLA v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY · filed 2025-08-21(a)(2)

The finding or not finding of a medically determinable impairment is significant because, as other courts have noted, only medically determinable impairments—whether severe or non-severe—are considered when assessing a claimant’s RFC.

Section 404.1545 requires an ALJ assessing residual functional capacity to consider all medically determinable impairments and their limiting effects.

Rosario v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2025-08-22(a)(2)

To determine a person’s residual functional capacity, the ALJ should evaluate (1) all medical opinions, together with the other record evidence and (2) all medically determinable impairments, including those that are not severe, and the total limiting effects of each. ... The ALJ similarly fails to consider or evaluate other severe symptoms that Rosado-Rosario reported, including nausea and vomiting, having to lie down in dark rooms, insomnia, and pain.

Section 404.1545(e) requires the ALJ to consider the limiting effects of all impairments, including nonsevere impairments, when determining residual functional capacity.

Anderson v. SSA · filed 2025-09-05(e)

The ALJ is required to consider “limiting effects of all your impairment(s), even those that are not severe, in determining your residual functional capacity.” 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(e). ... Just because each impairment was discussed individually does not mean that the ALJ failed to consider them in combination.

Section 404.1545(e) requires consideration of the total limiting effects of a claimant’s impairments when assessing residual functional capacity.

Estes v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2025-09-19(e)

Moreover, the ALJ sufficiently accounted for the ‘total limiting effects’ of Plaintiff’s impairments in crafting the RFC. See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(e).

Section 404.1545 requires an RFC assessment to consider limitations from all impairments, including those that are not severe.

Coyle v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2025-09-29(a)(2)

In assessing a claimant’s RFC, the ALJ “must consider limitations and restrictions imposed by all of an individual’s impairments, even those that are not ‘severe.’” ... The ALJ explicitly found that she reduced Plaintiff’s range of work to the medium level “based on findings of decreased range of motion in her hips” and “her reports of fatigue.” ... In any event, to the extent she does, the ALJ’s Decision reflects consideration of the relevant evidence on the matter and need not be disturbed.

An RFC assessment must consider the combined effects of a claimant’s impairments when setting manipulative restrictions.

Harlan v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2025-09-30(a)(2)

The ALJ’s decision could not have made it clearer that Plaintiff’s hand-related issues were considered in combination when it determined the appropriate manipulative restriction in Plaintiff’s RFC.

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires an ALJ to consider all medically determinable impairments, including obesity, when assessing residual functional capacity.

Soles v. KIJAKAZI · filed 2025-09-30(a)(2)

This argument is specious given the ALJ’s finding that obesity was a severe impairment, tr. at 21, and more importantly because the regulations require an ALJ to consider “all . . . medically determinable impairments.” 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(2). Indeed, it would have been error for the ALJ to have disregarded Plaintiff’s obesity.

An RFC assessment must consider limitations from all impairments, including those that are not severe.

Cowan v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration · filed 2025-10-06(a)(2)

Under Social Security Ruling 96-8p, the ALJ ”must consider limitations and restrictions imposed by all of an individual’s impairments, even those that are not ‘severe.’” SSR 96-8p, 1996 WL 374184, *5 (July 2, 1996); 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1520(a)(3), 404.1545(a)(2).

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires an ALJ to consider all medically determinable impairments when assessing residual functional capacity, including impairments that are not severe.

Avina v. SSA Commissioner · filed 2025-10-10(a)(2)

“In determining a claimant’s residual functional capacity, the ALJ must consider all of a claimant’s medically determinable impairments, including those that are not severe.” Ghanim v. Colvin, 763 F.3d 1154, 1166 (9th Cir. 2014) (citing 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(2)).

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires the ALJ to consider all medically determinable impairments, including non-severe impairments, when assessing residual functional capacity.

Sokolowski · filed 2025-10-30(a)(2)

In making this assessment, the ALJ considers all of the claimant’s medically determinable impairments, including any non-severe impairments identified by the ALJ at step two of his or her analysis.

Section 404.1545(e) requires consideration of all impairments when assessing residual functional capacity, including impairments found not severe.

Akers · filed 2025-11-19(e)

Significantly, all of a claimant’s impairments, even impairments found not severe, must be considered when formulating an RFC. § 404.1545(e).

An RFC assessment must identify migraine symptoms that affect the claimant’s ability to work and include resulting work limitations when necessary.

Miramontes-Moreno · filed 2025-10-22(a)(1)

An assessed RFC is a multidimensional description of the work-related abilities a claimant retains despite his or her impairments. ... As a result, on remand, I direct the ALJ to find and set forth the migraine symptoms that affect Plaintiff’s ability to work, if any, as well as the resulting RFC limitations that address as such symptoms if necessary.

An RFC assessment must consider the combined effects of a claimant’s medically determinable impairments, including work limitations caused by frequent seizures.

Burns · filed 2025-11-24(a)

RFC is the most an individual is capable of doing despite the combined effects of their severe and non-severe medically determinable impairments. See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a); see also Ford v. Astrue, 518 F.3d 979, 981 (8th Cir. 2008). The ALJ’s analysis needs to consider the totality of Plaintiff’s limitations. ... Absent from the ALJ’s RFC determination is any consideration of the impact of Plaintiff’s well-documented, frequent seizure activity would have on her abilities to perform certain work tasks. Nor does the ALJ’s opinion give a basis for not considering the Plaintiff’s frequent seizures in setting forth the RFC. As such, the Court cannot hold that substantial evidence supports the ALJ’s RFC determination. Remand is necessary to allow the ALJ to reassess the limitations imposed by this impairment.

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires the ALJ to consider all medically determinable impairments when assessing residual functional capacity, including impairments found nonsevere at step two.

Travis · filed 2025-12-09(a)(2)

In making this assessment, the ALJ must consider all the claimant’s medically determinable impairments, including any non- severe impairments identified by the ALJ at step two of his or her analysis.

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires the ALJ to consider all medically determinable impairments, including non-severe ones, when assessing residual functional capacity.

Finkin · filed 2025-12-18(a)(2)

In making this assessment, the ALJ considers all of the claimant’s medically determinable impairments, including any non-severe impairments identified by the ALJ at step two of his or her analysis.

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires the ALJ to consider all medically determinable impairments when assessing residual functional capacity, including impairments found non-severe at step two.

Ruggiero · filed 2025-12-18(a)(2)

In making this assessment, the ALJ must consider all the claimant’s medically determinable impairments, including any non-severe impairments identified by the ALJ at step two of his or her analysis.

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires the ALJ to consider all medically determinable impairments when assessing residual functional capacity, including non-severe impairments.

Skinner · filed 2026-01-20(a)(2)

In making this assessment, the ALJ must consider all the claimant’s medically determinable impairments, including any non-severe impairments identified by the ALJ at step two of his or her analysis.

Section 404.1545 requires an ALJ to incorporate all of a claimant’s impairments into the residual functional capacity determination.

Marzec · filed 2026-02-03

She argues, correctly, that an ALJ is required to incorporate all impairments suffered by a claimant into the RFC determination. Pl. Br. *7; see 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545; Yurt v. Colvin, 758 F.3d 850, 857 (7th Cir. 2014). However, Lucy has not shown that the ALJ failed to do so.

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires consideration of the combined effect of all medically determinable severe and non-severe impairments when assessing residual functional capacity.

White · filed 2026-02-10(a)(2)

Thus, once a severe impairment is found, the ALJ must consider the “combined effect” of all the medically determinable severe and non-severe impairments in assessing a claimant’s RFC.

Once an ALJ finds a severe impairment, the RFC assessment must consider the combined effect of all the claimant’s severe and non-severe impairments.

Woodhull · filed 2026-02-09(a)(2)

Once one severe impairment is found, an ALJ must consider the combined effect of all the claimant’s impairments—both severe and non-severe—when crafting the claimant’s RFC.

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires the ALJ to consider the limiting effects of non-severe impairments when assessing residual functional capacity.

McGlothin · filed 2026-02-17(a)(2)

Even if an impairment is not severe, the ALJ must still consider its limiting effect when formulating the claimant’s RFC.

An RFC assessment must consider all medically determinable impairments, including non-severe impairments.

Marshall · filed 2026-02-23(a)(2)

In making this assessment, the ALJ must consider all the claimant’s medically determinable impairments, including any non-severe impairments identified by the ALJ at step two of his or her analysis.

Section 404.1545(a) requires an ALJ to consider all medically determinable impairments, including those found non-severe, when assessing residual functional capacity.

Lucas · filed 2026-02-27(a)

In determining a claimant’s RFC, the ALJ must consider all the claimant’s medically determinable impairments, including those not labeled severe at step two.

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires an ALJ to consider both severe and non-severe impairments when assessing residual functional capacity.

CUTTINO · filed 2026-02-27(a)(2)

Critically, the ALJ must consider both severe and non-severe impairments when assessing an individual’s RFC and the limitations considered as part of it. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(2). ... In so doing, ALJ Merrill strayed from the requirements of 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(2).

Section 404.1545 requires the ALJ to consider the combined limiting effects of all impairments, including nonsevere impairments, when assessing residual functional capacity.

Bisignano · filed 2026-02-11(e)

When determining the RFC, the ALJ must consider all of a claimant’s mental and physical impairments in combination, including those impairments that are severe and those that are nonsevere.

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires the ALJ to consider all impairments when assessing residual functional capacity and to explain how a severe impairment is accommodated or why no accommodation is needed.

Joski · filed 2026-02-11(a)(2)

After finding that Plaintiff’s migraines qualified as a severe impairment, the ALJ was required to explain how the RFC accommodated her migraines or why no accommodation was necessary.

An ALJ assessing residual functional capacity must consider all medically determinable impairments, including those found non-severe at step two.

Hollinger · filed 2026-02-17(a)(2)

In making this assessment, the ALJ must consider all the claimant’s medically determinable impairments, including any non-severe impairments identified by the ALJ at step two of his or her analysis.

An RFC assessment must consider all medically determinable impairments, including non-severe impairments.

Copertino v. Frank Bisignano, Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2026-02-17(a)(2)

In making this assessment, the ALJ must consider all the claimant’s medically determinable impairments, including any non- severe impairments identified by the ALJ at step two of his or her analysis.

Section 404.1545(a)(1) requires an RFC to account for a claimant’s limitations, including those that are not severe.

Sarmiento · filed 2026-02-24(a)(1)

The ALJ must incorporate a claimant’s limitations, including any that are not severe, when developing the RFC and may not dismiss a line of evidence that is contrary to the ruling.

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires the ALJ to consider all medically determinable impairments, including non-severe impairments, when assessing residual functional capacity.

Jacobsen · filed 2026-02-27(a)(2)

In making this assessment, the ALJ must consider all the claimant’s medically determinable impairments, including any non-severe impairments identified by the ALJ at step two of his or her analysis.

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires the ALJ to consider all medically determinable impairments, including non-severe impairments, when assessing residual functional capacity.

Shaver v. Frank Bisignano, Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2026-03-03(a)(2)

In making this assessment, the ALJ must consider all the claimant’s medically determinable impairments, including any non- severe impairments identified by the ALJ at step two of his or her analysis.

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires the ALJ to consider all medically determinable impairments, including non-severe impairments, when assessing residual functional capacity.

Soto · filed 2026-03-17(a)(2)

In making this assessment, the ALJ must consider all the claimant’s medically determinable impairments, including any non-severe impairments identified by the ALJ at step two of his or her analysis.

Section 404.1545 requires the ALJ to consider how a claimant’s diagnosed chronic pain syndrome affects physical and mental capacity when assessing residual functional capacity.

Edwards · filed 2026-03-19

The ALJ’s lack of discussion as to Plaintiff’s diagnosed CPS leaves the Court unable to determine whether or how its physical and mental aspects were actually considered, as required by the regulations.

Section 404.1545(e) requires the ALJ to consider the limiting effects of all impairments, including those that are not severe, when determining residual functional capacity.

Carver · filed 2026-03-23(e)

Instead, the pertinent inquiry is whether the ALJ considered the "limiting effects of all [claimant's] impairment(s), even those that are not severe, in determining [the claimant's] residual functional capacity."

Section 404.1545 requires an RFC assessment to consider the combined effect of all medically determinable impairments, including nonsevere ones.

Keough · filed 2026-05-28(a)(2)

Rather, “[i]n [her] RFC assessment, the ALJ must consider the combined effect of all medically determinable impairments, whether severe or not.” ... The ALJ did not disregard Plaintiff’s allegations of her limitations in memory, concentration, following instructions, getting along well with others, and handling stress or changes in routine. Instead, the ALJ took Plaintiff’s statements into account by limiting Plaintiff to detailed but not complex instructions, occasional interaction with co-workers and supervisors but not the public, and occasional changes in a routine work setting.

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires the ALJ to consider the combined effect of multiple impairments, including those that are not severe, when assessing residual functional capacity.

Johnson v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration · filed 2024-05-20(a)(2)

The ALJ must consider the combined effect of multiple conditions, including those that are not severe. See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(2).

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires an ALJ to consider the combined effect of all medically determinable impairments, whether severe or not, when assessing residual functional capacity.

Wills v. Commissioner, Social Security Administration · filed 2020-03-13(a)(2)

In this case, the ALJ considered all of the impairments she found to be severe in conducting the RFC analysis. ... The ALJ also considered Plaintiff’s difficulty with standing and walking in connection with Plaintiff’s severe and non-severe impairments.

Section 404.1545 requires an RFC assessment to account for the combined effects of a claimant’s credible limitations.

Drebes v. Saul · filed 2020-09-22

A claimant’s RFC is the most an individual can do despite the combined effects of his or her credible limitations. See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545. ... Nevertheless, in this case, there is an absence of evidence in the record regarding how Drebes’ MS, in combination with his other impairments, affects his ability to function in the workplace. In light of the serious and complicated nature of MS, the ALJ had a duty after rejecting Dr. Greving’s opinions to further develop the record to obtain medical evidence regarding Drebes’ limitations.

Section 404.1545(e) requires consideration of the combined limiting effects of all impairments when assessing residual functional capacity.

Lawson v. O'Malley · filed 2024-02-23(e)

The question here is whether reasonable minds would accept, on this record, the ALJ’s conclusion that the total limiting effects of all of Plaintiff’s impairments allow her to perform full-time, gainful work activities. ... The record here is overwhelming that Plaintiff’s impairments—specifically her pain, along with the mental distress caused by that pain—preclude her from maintaining competitive employment.

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires an ALJ assessing residual functional capacity to consider the combined effect of all impairments.

Huffman v. SSA · filed 2020-11-24(a)(2)

When an ALJ assesses a claimant’s RFC, “the combined effect of all impairments must be considered.” Simpson v. Comm’r of Soc. Sec., 344 F. App’x 181, 190 (6th Cir. 2009) (quoting White v. Comm’r of Soc. Sec., 312 F. App’x 779, 787 (6th Cir. 2009)); see also 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1523 and 404.1545(a)(2).

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires the ALJ to consider all medically determinable impairments when assessing residual functional capacity, including impairments found non-severe at step two.

Watkins v. Kijakazi · filed 2023-02-21(a)(2)

In making this assessment, the ALJ considers all of the claimant’s medically determinable impairments, including any non-severe impairments identified by the ALJ at step two of his or her analysis.

Section 404.1545 requires an ALJ to consider all relevant evidence, including severe and nonsevere impairments, when assessing residual functional capacity.

Free · filed 2026-03-30(a)(1)–(2)

In assessing a claimant’s RFC, an ALJ will consider “all the relevant evidence” in the case record, including all medically determinable impairments. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(1)–(2). This includes considering severe and nonsevere impairments.

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires an ALJ to consider non-severe impairments when assessing residual functional capacity, but does not require the ALJ to repeat an earlier finding that they cause no functional limitations.

Hill · filed 2026-03-30(a)(2)

When fashioning an RFC, an ALJ must consider all “medically determinable impairments of which . . . [the ALJ is] aware, including . . . medically determinable impairments that are not ‘severe[.]’ ” 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(2). ... Based on this discussion and the record evidence, the Court finds that the ALJ’s failure to discuss plaintiff’s mental impairments in the RFC section of his decision does not constitute reversible error.

Section 404.1545(e) requires an ALJ to consider the limiting effects of all impairments, including nonsevere impairments, when determining residual functional capacity.

Gibson · filed 2026-03-31(e)

20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(e) requires an ALJ to consider the limiting effects of all a claimant's impairments, including any nonsevere ones, in determining a claimant's RFC. When the ALJ's Decision is viewed in light of the record as a whole, the Court must agree with the Commissioner that the ALJ considered Plaintiff's mental impairments in formulating the RFC and more than a mere scintilla of evidence supports the ALJ's conclusion.

Section 404.1545 requires an ALJ to consider nonsevere impairments when assessing residual functional capacity; an impairment need not produce an RFC restriction when the evidence shows no meaningful effect on the claimant’s ability to work.

Juckett · filed 2026-03-31(e)

Applying the Emard precedent to the facts of this case, the Court concludes that the ALJ's discussion of Plaintiff's mental impairments is sufficient to comply with 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(e) and the ALJ's duty to consider all of the Plaintiff's impairments in formulating her RFC.

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires the RFC assessment to consider non-severe medically determinable impairments when the claimant has at least one severe impairment.

Bryant · filed 2026-03-26(a)(2)

Even “non-severe” medically determinable impairments, see § 404.1522, are important to determine, because—so long as the claimant has at least one severe impairment—non-severe medically determinable impairments are considered in the RFC assessment prior to steps four and five. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(2).

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires an ALJ to consider non-severe mental impairments when assessing residual functional capacity.

Carman · filed 2026-03-27(a)(2)

A mental impairment that the ALJ deems non-severe is not to be disregarded.

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires an ALJ to assess the effect of non-severe impairments on residual functional capacity, even when their limitations are mild.

Voccola · filed 2026-03-30(a)(2)

While the Commissioner is correct that the existence of mild limitations does not compel inclusion of any particular mental restriction into the RFC, as the cases he cites explain, that does not relieve the ALJ of her duty to make that assessment in the first instance.

An ALJ who finds mild limitations in social interaction must address them in the residual functional capacity analysis or explain why they require no restriction.

Montemayor · filed 2026-04-05(a)(2)

Even if the ALJ ultimately finds “that a claimant’s medically determinable mental impairments are ‘not severe,’” she generally must “further consider and discuss them as part of [her] [RFC] analysis at step four.” Wells, 727 F.3d at 1064 (citing 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1545(a)(2), 416.945(a)(2)).

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires an ALJ to consider all medically determinable impairments when assessing residual functional capacity, including impairments that are not severe.

Harris v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2023-06-14(a)(2)

In formulating a claimant’s RFC, the ALJ “consider[s] all of [the claimant’s] medically determinable impairments of which [the ALJ is] aware, including [the claimant’s] medically determinable impairments that are not ‘severe’ . . . .” 20 C.F.R § 404.1545(a)(2); see also 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1545(e), 416.945(a)(2), 416.945(e).

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires consideration of medically determinable impairments, including non-severe mental impairments, when assessing residual functional capacity.

Bigler v. Commissioner Social Security Administration · filed 2023-06-20(a)(2)

Thus, even if the ALJ had properly concluded that plaintiff’s mental impairments were non-severe, they must be factored into the RFC, which the ALJ failed to do in this case.

Section 404.1545(e) requires consideration of all medically determinable impairments, including those that are not severe, when assessing residual functional capacity.

Bellman v. Kijakazi · filed 2022-07-19(e)

However, in determining Plaintiff’ RFC, the ALJ was required to consider all of Plaintiff’s medically determinable impairments, including those that are not severe.

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires an ALJ to consider limitations caused by both severe and non-severe impairments when determining residual functional capacity.

MELLUL v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY · filed 2022-07-26(a)(2)

The ALJ is required to consider any such limitations—whether they are caused by a severe or a non-severe impairment—in determining the claimant’s RFC. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(2).

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires an ALJ to consider medically determinable mental impairments in the residual functional capacity assessment even when they are non-severe; boilerplate does not satisfy that duty.

Velasquez v. Social Security Administration · filed 2022-07-28(a)(2)

The boilerplate statements on AR 21 are not a narrative discussion satisfying the ALJ’s duty to consider the impairments, both severe and non-severe, at every step of the disability determination process, including step four.

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires an ALJ to consider severe and non-severe impairments when determining residual functional capacity.

IANNACE v. SAUL · filed 2022-07-08(a)(2)

In so doing, an ALJ makes a residual functional capacity (“RFC”) determination taking into consideration all impairments, including any impairment that is not severe. Thus, an ALJ will consider a claimant’s severe and non-severe impairments in the evaluation process in determining a plaintiff’s RCF. See SSR 96-8p, 1996 WL 374184 (S.S.A.), at *5 (July 2, 1996); 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(2).

Section 404.1545(e) requires the ALJ to discuss severe and non-severe impairments when assessing a claimant’s residual functional capacity.

Rogers v. Kijakazi · filed 2022-07-11(e)

In turn, even as a non-severe impairment, the ALJ properly discussed Plaintiff’s endometriosis when assessing her RFC. See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(e) (requiring the ALJ to discuss severe and non-severe impairments when assessing claimant’s RFC).

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires the ALJ to consider non-severe impairments when assessing residual functional capacity, but does not require a functional limitation for each one.

Williams v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration · filed 2022-07-12(a)(2)

When assessing the RFC, the ALJ is required to consider all the “medically determinable impairments that are not ‘severe’. . . .” 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(2). But while these regulations require the ALJ to consider the effect of all plaintiff’s impairments in formulating the RFC, they do not require him to translate every non-severe impairment into a functional limitation in the RFC.

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires an RFC assessment to consider all medically determinable impairments together, including those found non-severe at step two.

ROSARIO v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY · filed 2022-07-13(a)(2)

An RFC assessment must take into consideration all of a claimant’s medically determinable impairments in combination, including those that the ALJ has found to be severe, as well as those that the ALJ has not deemed to be severe at step two. See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(2).

Section 404.1545(e) requires consideration of the limiting effects of all impairments when assessing residual functional capacity, including impairments found not severe.

Knight v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2022-07-18(e)

Thus, as the Commissioner notes, the hearing decision addresses tinnitus in the context of Plaintiff’s hearing loss, which was recognized as a severe impairment and addressed in the residual functional capacity assessment, without regard to whether each associated symptom was recognized as “severe” or not. See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(e) (“we will consider the limiting effects of all your impairment(s), even those that are not severe, in determining your residual functional capacity”). Accordingly, Plaintiff has shown no harmful error resulting from her claim that tinnitus was excluded from the list of severe impairments at step two.

Section 404.1545 requires an ALJ to consider all impairments when assessing residual functional capacity, including impairments the ALJ does not deem severe.

Mack v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2022-07-07

To reach a valid RFC, the ALJ must consider all impairments in this assessment, not just those he deems severe. See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545.

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires an ALJ to consider all medically determinable impairments when assessing residual functional capacity.

Warner v. Kijakazi · filed 2022-07-08(a)(2)

When assessing a claimant’s RFC, the ALJ shall consider all of the claimant’s MDIs, 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1545(a)(2), 416.945, and only the MDIs, SSR 96-8p, 1996 WL 374184, at *2 (July 2, 1996).

An ALJ assessing residual functional capacity must consider the combined effect of all medically determinable impairments, including non-severe ones.

Roberts v. Commissioner, Social Security Administration · filed 2022-07-08(a)(2)

In formulating a claimant’s RFC, the ALJ must consider the combined effect of all the claimant’s medically determinable impairments, including those that are severe and non-severe.

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires the ALJ to consider all of a claimant’s impairments when assessing residual functional capacity, including impairments that are not severe.

Leyba v. Kijakazi · filed 2022-07-14(a)(2)

To the extent that Plaintiff’s step-two argument could be construed as contending that the ALJ erred by failing to find that certain impairments were medically determinable, that argument fails because the ALJ considered all of Plaintiff’s impairments in subsequent steps and in assessing Plaintiff’s RFC.

An ALJ must consider all impairments when assessing residual functional capacity, including obesity, even if an impairment adds no work limitation.

EASTERLING v. COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY · filed 2022-07-15(a)(2)

The ALJ considers all impairments in this analysis, not just those deemed severe. ... Here, Plaintiff’s own words provide sufficient evidence that her obesity does not limit her ability to perform basic work activities.

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires an ALJ to consider all medically determinable impairments, including non-severe mental and physical impairments, when assessing residual functional capacity.

Adams v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2022-03-03(a)(2)

Therefore, when determining the RFC, the ALJ must consider all medically determinable impairments, mental and physical, even those that are non-severe. ... The ALJ properly explained her reasoning for not including limitations in the RFC to accommodate Adams’s mental impairments.

An ALJ must consider non-severe impairments when assessing residual functional capacity, but need not include limitations that cause no more than a minimal restriction on the claimant’s ability to work.

Gale Marie Williams v. Berryhill · filed 2019-12-18(a)(2)

However, ALJ need not include such non-severe limitations in the RFC if they do not cause more than a minimal limitation on a claimant’s ability to work.

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires an RFC assessment to consider limitations from impairments even when they are not severe.

Montgomery v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2020-01-06(a)(2)

20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(2) (when assessing the RFC the non-severe conditions will be considered). However, as noted above, Plaintiff’s “recurrent,” “moderate,” “chronic” depression was not accounted for in the RFC. ... The ALJ’s RFC is devoid of any reasonable restrictions as to basic mental work activities. Thus, remand is necessary.

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires consideration of non-severe medically determinable impairments when assessing residual functional capacity.

Spotswood v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2019-11-19(a)(2)

In any event, Plaintiff’s contention that the ALJ’s determination that these disorders were not severe “denied Plaintiff her right to have it considered throughout the disability review process” is meritless, as the ALJ is required to consider non-severe ... impairments in determining the RFC.

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires an ALJ to consider limitations from all medically determinable impairments, including non-severe impairments, when assessing residual functional capacity.

Benoit v. Berryhill · filed 2019-11-14(a)(2)

Even though the ALJ found that Plaintiff's mental health impairment was non-severe, the ALJ was still required to evaluate any limitation resulting from this impairment at each step of the sequential evaluation process. 20 C.F.R. §404.1545(a)(2) (“We will consider all of your medically determinable impairments of which we are aware, including your medically determinable impairments that are not ‘severe,’ ... when we assess your residual functional capacity.”); see also 20 C.F.R. § 416.945(a)(2). This is an error requiring remand for further consideration.

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires consideration of severe and non-severe impairments when assessing residual functional capacity.

Goettel v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2019-11-14(a)(2)

It is well settled that an ALJ must consider both severe and non-severe impairments when making an RFC determination.

An RFC assessment must account for a severe impairment’s effect on the claimant’s ability to work; finding an impairment severe while assigning it no limitations is internally contradictory.

Billups v. Saul · filed 2019-11-19

A severe impairment, such as the ALJ found Plaintiff’s MS here, that causes no limitations is internally contradictory and not supported by substantial evidence. We remand for this reason.

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires consideration of all medically determinable impairments, including non-severe impairments, when assessing residual functional capacity.

Mellon v. Social Security Administration · filed 2019-12-05(a)(2)

If Mellon’s lymphedema is found to be severe, then the ALJ must continue the analysis and determine Mellon’s residual functional capacity by considering all her impairments, severe and non-severe alike. See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(2).

An RFC assessment must consider non-severe impairments; failing to consider them can require remand.

Hultz v. Saul · filed 2019-10-21(a)(2)

While the ALI did err in failing to consider Plaintiff's ulnar neuropathy and fibromyalgia in his RFC analysis, see supra Part C, he did not further err by failing to explain the evidence he did consider in arriving at his ultimate finding.

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires the SSA to consider all medically determinable impairments, including non-severe impairments, when assessing residual functional capacity.

Rowan v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration · filed 2019-10-28(a)(2)

Contrary to Defendant’s argument, the ALJ’s error was not harmless because in assessing a claimant’s residual function capacity, the SSA considers all medically determinable impairments—severe and non-severe.

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires an RFC assessment to consider the combined effects of severe and non-severe impairments; the claimant must provide evidence of their limiting effects.

Ralph v. Commissioner of Social Security Administration · filed 2019-11-04(a)(2)

Plaintiff is correct that an ALJ must consider the combined effect of both severe and non-severe impairments. See Wells v. Colvin, 727 F.3d 1061, 1065 (10th Cir. 2013); 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(2). But, again, it is Plaintiff’s burden to present evidence of any limiting effect caused by her depression.

When assessing residual functional capacity, the ALJ must consider all medically determinable impairments, including those that are not severe.

Sanders v. Berryhill · filed 2019-09-30(a)(2)

Courts have held that an error at Step Two may be harmless if the ALJ nonetheless considered all of a claimant’s impairments, severe and non-severe, in his or her subsequent analysis. ... Accordingly, the Court cannot conclude that any error in the ALJ’s failure to consider Plaintiff’s knee problems and bulging disc at Step Two was harmless.

Section 404.1545(a)(2) requires the ALJ to consider both severe and non-severe impairments when assessing residual functional capacity.

Guadagno v. Social Security Administration · filed 2019-09-30(a)(2)

Thus, the ALJ considered Claimant’s asthma and COPD when assessing the RFC. See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545(a)(2) (noting the ALJ must consider both severe and non-severe impairments when assessing the RFC).

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

Kozera v. Commissioner Social Security Administration · filed 2019-09-30

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. ... Thus, the ALJ’s RFC was adequate and properly established Plaintiffs ability to work.

Section 404.1545 requires the ALJ to consider symptoms from all medically determinable impairments when assessing residual functional capacity, including impairments found non-severe at step two.

Bohner v. Berryhill · filed 2019-09-30(a)(2)

Further, under the regulations, in assessing a claimant’s RFC prior to step four, the ALJ considers the symptoms of all medically determinable impairments, whether they are found severe or non-severe at step two. See 20 C.F.R. §404.1545.

Section 404.1545 permits an ALJ to omit a non-severe impairment from the residual functional capacity assessment when the claimant provides no evidence that it limited functioning during the relevant period.

Dyson v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec. · filed 2019-10-07(a)(1)

Given the lack of medical evidence supporting Dyson’s stance that these health conditions impaired his work functioning, the ALJ appropriately bypassed his non-severe impairments in calculating his RFC.

Section 404.1545 requires an ALJ to consider medically determinable impairments when assessing residual functional capacity, including impairments that are not severe, but does not require consideration of a possible impairment that was neither alleged nor meaningfully supported by evidence.

Squier v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2019-09-26(a)(2)

An ALJ has no duty to consider a possible impairment in determining the claimant’s RFC when that impairment was not alleged as a basis for disability in the claimant’s application or at the hearing and little to no evidence of such impairments is provided.

Section 404.1545(e) requires the RFC assessment to consider all impairments, including those found non-severe.

Kazlauskas v. Berryhill · filed 2019-09-23(e)

Therefore, where the ALJ considers all impairments at later stages of the analysis, failure to find a particular impairment “severe” at Step Two, even if error, is harmless error.

An RFC assessment must consider all medically determinable impairments, including those found to be non-severe.

Reed v. Berryhill · filed 2019-09-25(a)(2)

The record demonstrates that the ALJ properly considered all of his impairments, including those she found to be non-severe, in determining his RFC and reaching the conclusion that he was not disabled.

Section 404.1545(e) requires consideration of limitations from severe and non-severe impairments when assessing residual functional capacity, but does not require every non-severe limitation to appear in the assessment.

Hansford, Korrissa v. Berryhill, Nancy · filed 2019-09-27(e)

The regulations and case law say that the ALJ must consider the limitations posed by the claimant’s severe and non-severe impairments. They do not say that the ALJ must always include non-severe limitations in the RFC.

Section 404.1545(e) requires an ALJ to consider non-severe impairments when assessing residual functional capacity.

Verile v. Commissioner of Social Security · filed 2019-09-27(e)

As discussed, the ALJ’s failure to identify a severe impairment at Step 2 is legally irrelevant, provided that the ALJ considers those unidentified impairments in determining plaintiff’s residual functional capacity (RFC). ... Here, however, because the ALJ did not find any other severe impairments, she did not consider the effect of any impairments on plaintiff’s RFC until February 20, 2015.