To determine the physical exertion requirements of work in the national economy, we classify jobs as sedentary, light, medium, heavy, and very heavy. These terms have the same meaning as they have in the Dictionary of Occupational Titles, published by the Department of Labor. In making disability determinations under this subpart, we use the following definitions:
(a) Sedentary work. Sedentary work involves lifting no more than 10 pounds at a time and occasionally lifting or carrying articles like docket files, ledgers, and small tools. Although a sedentary job is defined as one which involves sitting, a certain amount of walking and standing is often necessary in carrying out job duties. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required occasionally and other sedentary criteria are met.
(b) Light work. Light work involves lifting no more than 20 pounds at a time with frequent lifting or carrying of objects weighing up to 10 pounds. Even though the weight lifted may be very little, a job is in this category when it requires a good deal of walking or standing, or when it involves sitting most of the time with some pushing and pulling of arm or leg controls. To be considered capable of performing a full or wide range of light work, you must have the ability to do substantially all of these activities. If someone can do light work, we determine that he or she can also do sedentary work, unless there are additional limiting factors such as loss of fine dexterity or inability to sit for long periods of time.
(c) Medium work. Medium work involves lifting no more than 50 pounds at a time with frequent lifting or carrying of objects weighing up to 25 pounds. If someone can do medium work, we determine that he or she can also do sedentary and light work.
(d) Heavy work. Heavy work involves lifting no more than 100 pounds at a time with frequent lifting or carrying of objects weighing up to 50 pounds. If someone can do heavy work, we determine that he or she can also do medium, light, and sedentary work.
(e) Very heavy work. Very heavy work involves lifting objects weighing more than 100 pounds at a time with frequent lifting or carrying of objects weighing 50 pounds or more. If someone can do very heavy work, we determine that he or she can also do heavy, medium, light and sedentary work.
Notes of Decisions
Donna Jarnutowski v. Kilolo Kijakazi, 48 F.4th 769 (7th Cir. 2022).
· cites it 7× “20 C.F.R. § 404.1567 (c). Instead, the ALJ em- phasized Jarnutowski’s ability to walk after her surgery, pointing to Dr.”
Kanika Revels v. Nancy Berryhill, 874 F.3d 648 (9th Cir. 2017).
· cites it 4× “He determined that she was mostly able to perform light work as defined in 20 C.F.R. § 404.1567 (b). Light work entails lifting up to twenty pounds at a time, with frequent lifting or carrying of objects up to ten pounds.”
Carolyn Combs v. Nancy A. Berryhill, 878 F.3d 642 (8th Cir. 2017).
· cites it 6× “20 C.F.R. § 404.1567 (b). To be capable of performing “light work,” a claimant must also be able to stand or walk for six hours of an eight-hour work day.”
Biestek v. Berryhill, 139 S. Ct. 1148 (2019).
· cites it 2× “59 (July 21, 2015); see 20 CFR §§404.1567 (a), 416.967(a) (defining a “seden- tary” job as one that “involves sitting” and requires “lifting no more than 10 pounds”).”
Bray v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec. Admin., 554 F.3d 1219 (9th Cir. 2009).
· cites it 4× “See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1567 (b). Because the VE's testimony as to the requirements of the grocery clerk position was in conflict with the DOT's specifications, the ALJ had "an affirmative responsibility" to inquire as to the reasons and evidentiary basis for the VE's deviation.”
Heckler v. Campbell, 461 U.S. 458 (1983).
· cites it 6× “10, a determination that required a finding that she was capable of frequent lifting or carrying of objects weighing up to 10 pounds and sometimes lifting up to 20 pounds, 20 CFR § 404.1567 (b) (1982). The hearing record included one disinterested doctor's report of a medical…”
Marcus Hensley v. Carolyn W. Colvin, 829 F.3d 926 (8th Cir. 2016).
· cites it 2× “See 20 C.F.R. § 404.1567 (a)- (b). The ALJ afforded Hensley a more restricted, sedentary-based RFC.”
Ethel Burnett v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec. Admin., 220 F.3d 112 (3rd Cir. 2000).
· cites it 4× “3d at 47 ; 20 C.F.R. § 404.1567 . The ALJ first determined Burnett had a residual functional capacity to perform *121 “light” work.”
Rebecca Pepper v. Carolyn W. Colvin, 712 F.3d 351 (7th Cir. 2013).
· cites it 3× “At step four, the ALJ determined that Pepper had the RFC to perform light work, as defined in 20 C.F.R. § 404.1567 , with the exception that she avoid concentrated exposure to pulmonary irritants and hazards.”
Hamlin v. Barnhart, 365 F.3d 1208 (10th Cir. 2004).
· cites it 3× “20 C.F.R. § 404.1567 (b). Sedentary work involves lifting no more than 10 pounds at a time and occasionally lifting or carrying articles like docket files, ledgers, and small tools.”
Margaret Shinaberry v. Andrew Saul, 952 F.3d 113 (4th Cir. 2020).
· cites it 2× “Shinaberry was evaluated by SSA medical consultants, who found that Shinaberry was physically capable of performing light work, as defined in 20 C.F.R. § 404.1567 (b), with occasional postural limitations.”
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Donna Jarnutowski v. Kilolo Kijakazi, 48 F.4th 769 (7th Cir. 2022).
“20 C.F.R. § 404.1567 (c). Instead, the ALJ em- phasized Jarnutowski’s ability to walk after her surgery, pointing to Dr.”
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“20 C.F.R. § 404.1567 (c). Instead, the ALJ em- phasized Jarnutowski’s ability to walk after her surgery, pointing to Dr.”
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