Bruce v. Berryhill (2018)

Pa. Apr. 14, 2011); Bruce v. Berryhill, 294 F. Supp. 3d 346, 364 (E.D.

Pa. Apr. 14, 2011); Bruce v. Berryhill, 294 F. Supp. 3d 346, 364 (E.D.

The ALJ ultimately concludes that “… secondary to a long history of alcohol abuse, but he now seems to have maintained sobriety for nearly two years.” 5 Notably, “[t]he Social Security Act was amended in 1996 to preclude an award of benefits if drug addiction or alcoholism (“DAA”) would be a contributing factor material to the Commissioner's determination that the individual is disabled.” Bruce v. Berryhill, 294 F.Supp.3d 346, 355 (E.D.

Pa. Apr. 14, 2011); Bruce v. Berryhill, 294 F. Supp. 3d 346, 364 (E.D.

In Ramirez, the Third Circuit held that an RFC including a limitation to “one to two step tasks” was insufficient when the ALJ had found that the claimant “‘often’ has ‘deficiencies in 2 “[T]he Third Circuit has explained that ‘objections to the adequacy of hypothetical questions posed to a vocational expert often boil down to attacks on the RFC assessment itself.’” Bruce v. Berryhill, 294 F. Supp. 3d 346, 357 (E.D.

According to Plaintiff, “[a]t least one District Court has found it is reversible error not to describe limitations in a claimant’s ability to adapt and manage herself in the hypothetical to the VE.” (Id. at 15 (quoting Bruce v. Berryhill, 294 F. Supp. 3d 346, 360-62 (E.D.

(Id.) “[T]he Third Circuit has explained that ‘objections to the adequacy of hypothetical questions posed to a vocational expert often boil down to attacks on the RFC assessment itself.’” Bruce v. Berryhill, 294 F. Supp. 3d 346, 357 (E.D.

See Bruce v. Berryhill, 294 F. Supp. 3d 346, 364 (E.D.

See, e.g., Bruce v. Berryhill, 294 F. Supp. 3d 346, 363 (E.D.