Antonio FRAGA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee

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• noting that the ability to work despite pre-existing condition supports ALJ's finding of not disabled
• finding that evidence showing that plaintiff “was able to, and did,” perform work despite pre-existing condition supported the ALJ’s decision that plaintiff was not disabled by said condition
• when the claimant's non-exertional impairments do not significantly affect his residual functional capacity, the ALJ may rely exclusively on the guidelines in determining whether there is other work available that the claimant can perform
• when the claimant has non-exertional impairments that significantly affect his residual functional capacity, the ALJ may not rely exclusively on the guidelines in determining whether there is other work available that the claimant can perform
• “[T]he ALJ must analyze both the disabling effect of each of the claimant’s ailments and the combined effects of all of these impairments.”
• ability to work despite pre-existing condition supports ALJ’s finding of not disabled

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