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Second Circuit· 8/21/2014

Cosnyka v. Colvin

Citations

  • 576 F. App'x 43

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  • holding that there was no evidentiary basis for the ALJ’s conclusion that an applicant needed only six-minutes off per hour
  • remanding when ALJ incorporated a six minute break time into the RFC without any supporting evidence
  • remanding when ALJ incorporated a six-minute break time into the RFC without any supporting evidence
  • finding the ALJ’s 10% off-task finding unsupported where the orthopedic examiner reported that plaintiff would need “regular comfort breaks” and where plaintiff testified that he would need breaks of up to 15-20 minutes
  • affirming remand where ALJ found that plaintiff would be “off-task” for ten percent of the workday but that determination was not supported in the record and could not be based on an “ALJ’s own surmise”
  • remanding where there was no record evidence to support RFC determination that plaintiff would be able to perform sedentary work if he could take a six-minute break every hour, rather than some other duration and frequency

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Judges: Chin, Leval, Winter

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