Linda S. Thompson v. Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., Secretary of Health & Human Services

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• holding that ALJ should consider whether claimant’s inability to afford treatment justified her failure to pursue it
• ruling that the ALJ may not rely on minimal daily activities as substantial evidence that claimant does not suffer disabling pain
• holding that ALJs “should” consider the Frey elements before basing credibility determination on noncompliance with treatment
• holding that at the third step of the Luna analysis, “the ALJ was required to consider [the claimant’s] assertions of severe pain and to decide whether he believed them” (quotation and brackets omitted)
• holding that, -4- unless record contains substantial evidence that pain is insignificant, ALJ must take pain into account in conducting analysis as to plaintiff’s residual functional capacity
• explaining that an ALJ “may not rely on minimal daily activities as substantial evidence that a claimant does not suffer disabling pain”

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