Mikels v. Barnhart

How courts have described this case

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• holding “the grids mandate a finding of disability at [the claimant’s] 50th birthday if she is limited to sedentary work.”
• finding that the ability to walk 50 feet without support does not demonstrate an ability to stand for 6 hours (citing Scott v. Astrue, 647 F.3d 734, 740 (7th Cir. 2011)
• “[W]alking for 50 feet without a cane . . . does not demonstrate an ability to stand for 6 hours.”
• finding the ALJ failed to resolve inconsistency between reports stating claimant had lumbar flexion of only 50 degrees and yet RFC stated claimant could occasionally stoop
• “The Seventh Circuit has made clear that an ALJ must fully consider and address evidence that a claimant needs a cane to ambulate.”

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