Fischer-Ross v. Barnhart

How courts have described this case

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• holding that an ALJ’s factually-substantiated findings at other steps of the sequential- evaluation process provides a proper basis for upholding a step-three decision
• holding that findings at other steps of the sequential evaluation may provide a basis for upholding a step three finding
• holding that an ALJ’s factually- substantiated findings at other steps of the sequential evaluation process provide a proper basis for upholding a step three decision
• holding that unchallenged administrative findings and supporting factual analysis at steps four and five conclusively demonstrated that challenged summary conclusion at step three was properly supported by factual analysis, and “[n]o reasonable factfinder could conclude otherwise”
• holding that harmless error analysis is applicable if “no reasonable administrative factfinder, following the correct analysis, could have resolved the factual matter in any other way”
• holding that “any deficiency in the ALJ’s articulation of his reasoning to support his step three determination is harmless[]” when findings elsewhere in decision, “coupled with indisputable aspects of the medical record, conclusively preclude Claimant’s qualification under the listings”

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