Delph v. Astrue

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• explaining that medical -16- improvement requires that the claimant have improved “to the point where [s]he is able to perform substantial gainful activity”
• explaining that “the Commissioner [must] compare a claimant’s current condition with the condition existing at the time the claimant was found disabled and awarded benefits” (emphasis added)
• providing that step five applies only if no medical improvement is found or the medical improvement is not related to the claimant’s ability to work
• denying disability because Plaintiff’s medical condition had improved since previous determination
• where a claimant had degenerative disc disease, positive straight-leg raise, muscle spasms, and walked with a cane, the ALJ properly determined that he could not even perform sedentary work
• “This eight-step analysis includes the five steps followed in an initial disability determination”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).