Matejka v. Barnhart

How courts have described this case

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• explaining that an assessment of RFC on a “function- 16 by-function basis” involves the consideration of exertional capacity in seven areas: sitting, standing, walking, lifting, carrying, pushing, and pulling
• “[A]n impairment is not severe if it has no more than a minimal effect on an individual’s physical or mental ability[] to do basic work activities.” (quoting SSR 85–28 (Policy Clarification), 1985 WL 56856 (Jan. 1, 1985))
• “if the ALJ’s findings are supported by substantial evidence[,] . . . the findings will be sustained even where substantial evidence may support the claimant’s position and despite the fact that the [c]ourt, had it heard the evidence de novo, might have found otherwise”

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