Jimmie L. Howard v. Commissioner of Social Security

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the burden of proof rests with the Commissioner at step five
• holding a Vocational Expert’s testimony based on inaccurate questioning cannot serve as substantial evidence for an “other work” determination
• stating that “substantial evidence may be produced through reliance on the testimony of a [VE] in response to a ‘hypothetical’ question, but only ‘if the question accurately portrays [the claimant’s] individual physical and mental impairments” (internal quotation marks omitted)
• stating that “substantial evidence may be produced through reliance on the testimony of a vocational expert (VE) in response to a ‘hypothetical’ question, but only ‘if the question accurately portrays [the claimant’s] individual physical and mental impairments” (internal quotation marks omitted)
• noting the ALJ’s failure to reference the GAF score in the RFC, standing alone, does not make the RFC inaccurate
• reversing ALJ’s decision that was based on selective citation of the record and inaccurately described claimant’s abilities

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).