Koseck v. Secretary of Health and Human Services

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• reversing the Secretary’s decision and remanding for the calculation of benefits where there was not substantial evidence in the record to support the determination that the plaintiff could perform sedentary unskilled work
• explaining “[t]he ability to sit for prolonged periods is an essential inquiry in determining whether a claimant has the residual functional capacity to perform sedentary work” (citation omitted)
• Plaintiffs medical impairments, including degenerative joint disease, alcoholism, and depression, in combination, required a finding of disabled
• in determining whether a claimant is disabled, the ALJ is required to address multiple impairments in combination and to consider their cumulative effect as well as the combined effects of nonsevere impairments

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