Baker v. Werlinger

How courts have described this case

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• concluding that carpal tunnel syndrome was not severe impairment since no evidence established that condition imposed functional limitations
• holding that the ALJ’s failure to explicitly consider obesity was harmless when the claimant did not explain how obesity hampers her ability to work
• holding that “minimal information” provided by the Appeal Council in its denial of a request for review was insufficient to determine whether the Council properly applied the ‘new and material’ standard
• stating that the court will overturn an ALJ’s credibility determination only if it is patently wrong
• noting that evidence must be \new and material\ and relate \to the period on or before the date of the [ALJ's] decision\
• explaining that the availability of judicial review depends “on the grounds on which the Council declined” to review the ALJ’s decision

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