Rohrberg v. Apfel (1998)

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green Carlos N. v. Kijakazi (2021)

Rule Authority · D.R.I. · 2 citations in this opinion

Rohrberg v. Apfel, 26 F. Supp. 2d 303, 309 (D.

green Ferguson v. Berryhill (2020)

Rule Authority · D. Mass. · 2 citations in this opinion

Rohrberg v. Apfel, 26 F. Supp. 2d 303, 311 (D.

citing Rivera v. Sec’y of Health & Human Servs., No. 92-1896, 1993 WL 40850, at *3 (1st Cir. Feb. 19, 1993) (summary disposition

green Garrett H. v. Commissioner of the Social Security Administration (2026)

Rule Authority · D. Mass.

Mass. 2025) (“Disability does not mean that a claimant must vegetate in a dark room excluded from all other forms of human and social activity.” (quoting Rohrberg v. Apfel, 26 F. Supp. 2d 303, 310 (D.

green Barbara Dishman v. Frank J. Bisignano, Commissioner of Social Security (2025)

Rule Authority · E.D. Ky.

Where the medical findings in the record merely diagnose the claimant’s exertional impairments and do not relate these diagnoses to specific residual functional capabilities such as those set out in 20 C.F.R. § 404.1567 (a) . . . [the Commissioner may not] make the connection himself.” Id. (quoting Rohrberg v. Apfel, 26 F. Supp. 2d 303, 311 (D.

green Joseph R. v. Frank Bisignano, Commissioner of Social Security (2025)

Rule Authority · D.R.I.

Rohrberg v. Apfel, 26 F. Supp. 2d 303, 309 (D.

green Amber L. v. Dudek (2025)

Rule Authority · D.R.I.

Rohrberg v. Apfel, 26 F. Supp. 2d 303, 309 (D.

green Stidham v. SSA (2025)

Rule Authority · E.D. Ky.

green Steven A v. O'Malley (2024)

Rule Authority · D.R.I.

Rohrberg v. Apfel, 26 F. Supp. 2d 303, 309 (D.

green Denise D. v. O'Malley (2024)

Rule Authority · D.R.I.

Rohrberg v. Apfel, 26 F. Supp. 2d 303, 309 (D.

green Ogannes B. v. Kijakazi (2023)

Rule Authority · D.R.I.

Rohrberg v. Apfel, 26 F. Supp. 2d 303, 309 (D.

green Jacquelyn V. v. Kijakazi (2023)

Rule Authority · D.R.I.

Rohrberg v. Apfel, 26 F. Supp. 2d 303, 309 (D.

green Ramos v. Berryhill (2022)

Rule Authority · D. Mass.

A claimant is not guaranteed disability benefits from the presence of an impairment; she must demonstrate an inability “to participate in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment ... .” Rohrberg v. Apfel, 26 F.Supp.2d 303, 309 (D.Mass. 1998) (citing 42 U.S.C. § 423 (d)(1)(A) and 1382c (a)(3)(A) ).

citing 42 U.S.C. § 423 (d)(1)(A) and 1382c (a)(3)(A)

green Lilibeth G. v. Kijakazi (2021)

Rule Authority · D.R.I.

Rohrberg v. Apfel, 26 F. Supp. 2d 303, 309 (D.

green Lisa M. v. Kijakazi (2021)

Rule Authority · D.R.I.

Rohrberg v. Apfel, 26 F. Supp. 2d 303, 309 (D.

green Randy M. v. Kijakazi (2021)

Rule Authority · D.R.I.

Rohrberg v. Apfel, 26 F. Supp. 2d 303, 309 (D.

green Sailor v. Kijakazi (2021)

Quote Authority · N.D. Ga.

Ohio 2008) (“In making the residual functional capacity finding, the ALJ may not interpret raw medical data in functional terms.”); Rohrberg v. Apfel, 26 F. Supp. 2d 303, 311 (D.

“An ALJ is not qualified to assess a claimant’s RFC on the basis of bare medical findings.”

green Vanessa C. v. Kijakazi (2021)

Rule Authority · D.R.I.

Rohrberg v. Apfel, 26 F. Supp. 2d 303, 309 (D.

green Dion v. Berryhill (2021)

Rule Authority · D. Mass.

A claimant is not guaranteed disability benefits from the presence of an impairment; he must demonstrate an inability “to participate in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment....” Rohrberg v. Apfel, 26 F.Supp.2d 303, 309 (D.Mass. 1998) (citing 42 U.S.C. § 423 (d)(1)(A) and 1382c (a)(3)(A)).

citing 42 U.S.C. § 423 (d)(1)(A) and 1382c (a)(3)(A)

green Greenberg v. Commissioner of Social Security (2021)

Quote Authority · W.D.N.Y.

Oct. 26, 2017) ("While in some circumstances, an ALJ may make an RFC finding without treating source opinion evidence, the RFC assessment will be sufficient only when the record is clear and contains some useful assessment of the claimant's limitations from a medical source.") (internal quotation and citation omitted); Rohrberg v. Apfel, 26 F. Supp. 2d 303, 311 (D.

"An ALJ is not qualified to assess a claimant's RFC on the basis of bare medical findings, and as a result an ALJ's determination of RFC without a medical advisor's assessment is not supported by substantial evidence."

green Audrey P. v. Saul (2021)

Rule Authority · D.R.I.

See Da Rosa v. Sec’y of Health & Human Servs., 803 F.2d 24, 26 (1st Cir. 1986); Rohrberg v. Apfel, 26 F. Supp. 2d 303, 309-10 (D.

green Furey v. Saul (2020)

Rule Authority · D. Mass.

The Court encourages the Commissioner to act swiftly upon remand to avoid unnecessarily lengthening what has already proven to be a “painfully slow process.” Rohrberg v. Apfel, 26 F. Supp. 2d 303, 312 (D.

green Bartlett v. Saul (2020)

Rule Authority · D. Mass.

Courts have routinely held that “[d]isability does not mean that a claimant must vegetate in a dark room excluded from all other forms of human and social activity.” Rohrberg v. Apfel, 26 F. Supp. 2d 303, 310 (D.

quoting Waters v. Bowen, 709 F. Supp. 278, 284 (D. Mass. 1989)

green Brown v. Commissioner of Social Security (2020)

Rule Authority · W.D. Ky.

Ohio Nov. 4, 2009) (“In making the residual functional capacity finding, the ALJ may not interpret raw medical data in functional terms.”); Deskin, 605 F. Supp. 2d at 912-13 (Generally, when the record contains only diagnostic evidence a medical opinion must be obtained before the Administrative Law Judge may make residual functional capacity findings.); Rohrberg v. Apfel, 26 F. Supp.2d 303, 311-12 (D.

the ALJ impermissibly relied on bare medical evidence to determine the claimant's residual functional capacity

green Elie v. Berryhill (2020)

Rule Authority · D. Mass.

Instead, the court must “examine the record as a whole, including whatever in the record fairly detracts from the weight of the [Commissioner’s] decision.” Rohrberg v. Apfel, 26 F. Supp. 2d 303, 306 (D.

quoting Glenn v. Shalala, 21 F.3d 983, 984 (10th Cir. 1994)

green Rhonda F v. Saul (2020)

Rule Authority · D.R.I.

See Da Rosa v. Sec’y of Health & Human Servs., 803 F.2d 24, 26 (1st Cir. 1986); Rohrberg v. Apfel, 26 F. Supp. 2d 303, 309-10 (D.

green Pate v. Saul (2020)

Rule Authority · D. Mass.

Rohrberg v. Apfel, 26 F. Supp. 2d 303, 306 (D.

green Andrea T. v. Saul (2020)

Rule Authority · D.R.I.

See Da Rosa v. Sec’y of Health & Human Servs., 803 F.2d 24, 26 (1st Cir. 1986); Rohrberg v. Apfel, 26 F. Supp. 2d 303, 309-10 (D.

green Rashid v. Berryhill (2020)

Rule Authority · D. Mass.

Rohrberg v. Apfel, 26 F. Supp. 2d 303, 311 (D.

citing Rivera v. Sec’y of Health & Human Servs., No. 92-1896, 1993 WL 40850, at *3 (1st Cir. Feb. 19, 1993)

green Henderson v. Berryhill (2020)

Rule Authority · D. Mass.

Rohrberg v. Apfel, 26 F. Supp. 2d 303, 306 (D.

green Newark v. Commissioner of Social Security (2020)

Rule Authority · W.D.N.Y.

Ohio 2008)) (quoting Rohrberg v. Apfel, 26 F. Supp. 2d 303, 311 (D.

green Nicole C. v. Saul (2020)

Rule Authority · D.R.I.

See Da Rosa v. Sec’y of Health & Human Servs., 803 F.2d 24, 26 (1st Cir. 1986); Rohrberg v. Apfel, 26 F. Supp. 2d 303, 309-10 (D.

green Fontes v. Berryhill (2019)

Rule Authority · D. Mass.

Rohrberg v. Apfel, 26 F. Supp. 2d 303, 306 (D.

green James S. v. Saul (2019)

Rule Authority · D.R.I.

SeeRohrberg v. Apfel, 26 F. Supp. 2d 303, 311 (D.

green Hull v. Berryhill (2019)

Rule Authority · S.D. Tex.

Rohrberg v. Apfel, 26 F. Supp.2d 303, 311 (D.

green Smith v. Colvin (2019)

Rule Authority · D. Mass.

A claimant is not guaranteed disability benefits from the presence of an impairment; she must demonstrate an inability “to participate in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment....” Rohrberg v. Apfel, 26 F.Supp.2d 303, 309 (D.Mass. 1998) (citing 42 U.S.C. § 423 (d)(1)(A) and 1382c (a)(3)(A)).

citing 42 U.S.C. § 423 (d)(1)(A) and 1382c (a)(3)(A)

green Sutton v. Berryhill (2019)

Rule Authority · D. Mass.

Rohrberg v. Apfel, 26 F. Supp. 2d 303, 306 (D.

green Black v. Social Security Administration (2019)

Rule Authority · D. Mass.

Pursuant to 20 C.F.R. § 404.1527 (d)(2), the ALJ must give controlling weight to a claimant’s treating physician when the opinion is “well-supported by medically acceptable clinical and laboratory diagnostic techniques and not inconsistent with the other substantial evidence in the record.”2 See Rohrberg v. Apfel, 26 F. Supp. 2d 303, 311 (D.

green Rodriguez v. Colvin (2018)

Rule Authority · D. Mass.

Administrative deference does not entitle the Commissioner to endless opportunities to get it right”); Rohrberg v. Apfel, 26 F.Supp.2d 303, 312 (D.Mass.2011) (awarding benefits where plaintiff “applied for disability benefits almost five years ago.

green Viveiros v. Colvin (2018)

Rule Authority · D. Mass.

On the other hand, “[e]xamining the claimant’s daily activities helps to shed light on the veracity of the claimant’s claims of pain and illuminate an RFC determination.” Rohrberg v. Apfel, 26 F. Supp. 2d 303, 309 (D.

finding “the purpose of the RFC is to determine the effects of the claimant’s impairment on her ability to perform work, including any limitations on that ability resulting from pain”

green Adkins v. Colvin (2017)

Rule Authority · D. Mass.

Id. at 29 ; accordRohrberg v. Apfel, 26 F. Supp. 2d 303, 308 (D.

green James T. Briand v. US Social Security Administration, Acting Commissioner, Nancy A. Berryhill (2017)

Rule Authority · D.N.H.

Although additional medical records were admitted after Dr. Fairley’s review, because those later findings “merely diagnose [the] claimant’s exertional impairments and do not relate these diagnoses to specific residual functional capabilities,” the ALJ was not permitted to “make that connection himself.” Rohrberg v. Apfel, 26 F. Supp. 2d 303, 311 (D.

quoting Rosado v. Sec’y of Health and Human Servs., 807 F.2d 292 , 292 9 (1st Cir. 1986)

green Pierce v. Colvin (2017)

Rule Authority · D. Mass.

Rohrberg v. Apfel, 26 F.Supp.2d 303, 306 (D.

green Arrington v. Colvin (2016)

Rule Authority · D. Mass.

Rohrberg v. Apfel, 26 F.Supp.2d 303, 308 (D.

citing Avery v. Sec’y of Health & Human Servs., 797 F.2d 19, 29 (1st Cir. 1986)

green Dennis v. Colvin (2016)

Rule Authority · W.D.N.Y.

Sec., 605 F.Supp.2d 908, 912 (N.D.Ohio 2008) (quoting Rohrberg v. Apfel, 26 F.Supp.2d 303, 311 (D.Mass.1998)). 16.

green Hagan v. Colvin (2014)

Rule Authority · D. Mass.

Rohrberg v. Apfel, 26 F.Supp.2d 303, 306 (D.Mass.1998).

green Hooke v. Colvin (2014)

Rule Authority · D. Mass.

Rohrberg v. Apfel, 26 F.Supp.2d 303, 306-07 (D.Mass.1998) (Freedman, J.). . 42 U.S.C. § 423 (a)(1)(A), (D); Resendes v. Astrue, 780 F.Supp.2d 125, 139-40 (D.Mass.2011) (Gertner, J.). .

green Doucette v. Astrue (2013)

Rule Authority · D. Mass.

Rohrberg v. Apfel, 26 F.Supp.2d 303, 306-07 (D.Mass.1998). .

green Borino v. Astrue (2013)

Rule Authority · D.R.I.

Rohrberg v. Apfel, 26 F.Supp.2d 303, 309 (D.Mass.1998).

green Dwyer v. SSA (2012)

Rule Authority · D.N.H.

Apfel, 26 F. Supp. 2d 303, 311 (D.

reversing Commissioner’s decision where, among other things, ALJ failed to take into account evidence that claimant undertook activities intermittently, choosing “when to do them to avoid experiencing severe pain”

green Goncalves v. Astrue (2011)

Rule Authority · D. Mass.

Rohrberg v. Apfel, 26 F.Supp.2d 303, 306-07 (D.Mass.1998). 26 .