Norris v. Astrue

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• explaining that after the ALJ discredited the medical opinions in the record regarding the claimant’s RFC, “she was then required to call a medical expert or, alternatively, explain what other medical basis she relied on in” determining the RFC
• remanding where it was “not clear what medical evidence the ALJ relied on to support her RFC findings because she did not articulate” it
• “The ALJs are not permitted to construct a ‘middle ground’ RFC without a proper medical basis.”
• “ALJs are not permitted to construct a ‘middle ground’ RFC without a proper medical basis.”
• “ALJs are not permitted to construct a ‘middle ground’ RFC without a proper medical basis”
• “[A]n ALJ needs to obtain additional evidence or clarification when the medical source’s report contains a conflict or ambiguity that must be resolved.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).