Joyce M. JOHNS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee

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• stating that the functional limitations imposed by a condition, rather than the mere diagnosis of the condition, determines disability
• noting that mere diagnosis of polymyalgia rheumatica says nothing about why condition makes it impossible for claimant to be gainfully employed
• stating that the mere diagnosis of polymyalgia rheumatica says nothing about why the condition makes it impossible for the claimant to be gainfully employed
• finding ALJ who determined claimant did not appear to be in great pain at hearing and did not need all the pain medications prescribed to him improperly engaged in “sit and squirm” jurisprudence
• it is the functional limitations imposed by a condition, rather than the mere diagnosis of the condition, that determines disability

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