Melissa Varga v. Carolyn Colvin

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• holding that an ALJ may only rely on narrative RFCs rather than checkboxes when the “narrative adequately encapsulates and translates [] worksheet observations”
• holding that an administrative law judge may rely on a doctor’s narrative residual functional capacity determination if narrative “adequately encapsulates and translates those worksheet observations.”
• holding that the ALJ must consider whether the consultants' narrative RFC assessments \adequately encapsulate[d] and translate[d]' the checklist\
• noting that limitation on workplace changes and interaction with others “deals largely with workplace adaptation, rather than concentration, pace, or persistence.”
• stating that limiting a claimant to “unskilled work” does not adequately account for limitations in concentration, persistence, and pace
• finding that an ALJ may rely on a reviewing consultant’s narrative RFC only when that narrative “adequately encapsulates and translates those worksheet observations”

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