Jose L. GORDILS, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant, Appellee

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• concluding that an RFC assessment by a non-examining physician along with other findings from a treating doctor, not in the form of an RFC assessment, constituted substantial evidence to support the Secretary’s RFC determination
• holding that the ALJ is not precluded from rendering common-sense judgments about functional capacity based on medical findings, as long as he does not overstep the bounds of a lay person’s competence and render a medical judgment
• recognizing that an ALJ is not “precluded from rendering common-sense judgments about functional capacity based on medical findings, as long as the Secretary does not overstep the bounds of a lay person’s competence and render a medical judgment.”
• noting that record supported hearing officer’s decision even though the hearing officer did not refer to it
• noting that the Commissioner is not “precluded from rendering common-sense judgments about functional capacity based on medical findings”
• noting that where the medical evidence shows relatively little physical impairment, an ALJ can render a common-sense judgment about functional capacity even without a physician’s assessment

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