Kathie Garza v. Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Commissioner of Social Security

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• remanding case where ALJ relied on a physical RFC assessment made by a reviewing physician before the claimant was diagnosed with fibromyalgia
• remanding where the ALJ misunderstood fibromyalgia and did not find it to be a severe impairment; noting that it “appears the ALJ’s misunderstanding of fibromyalgia affected the ALJ’s RFC findings, and her related hypothetical to the VE”
• remanding where the ALJ misunderstood fibromyalgia and did not find it to be a severe impairment; noting that it “appears the ALJ’s misunderstanding of fibromyalgia affected the ALJ’s RFC findings, and her related hypothetical to the VE”
• it was clear that an administrative law judge \misunderstood fibromyalgia\ when, in summarizing the medical evidence, he discounted the claimant's symptoms of aches and pains because they were not substantiated by objective medical testing
• physician’s opinion inconsistent with own relatively mild examination findings

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