Teena Draper v. Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Commissioner, Social Security Administration

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• noting discounting claimant’s subjective complaints not appropriate merely because her “activities of daily living involved some light exertional activities, such as household chores, laundry, grocery shopping, mowing, and other chores”
• finding error where ALJ relied on daily activities such as household chores, laundry, grocery shopping, and mowing to discount subjective complaints of pain when those activities did not suggest that claimant could work at the requisite level
• “inaccuracies, incomplete analyses, and unresolved conflicts of evidence can serve as a basis for remand”
• while deficient opinion-writing is not sufficient reason to set aside ALJ’s finding where deficiency has no practical effect on outcome, “incomplete analyses ... can serve as a basis for remand”
• inaccuracies, incomplete analyses, and unresolved conflicts of evidence can serve as bases for remand
• Determination of whether substantial evidence supports decision in social security disability case requires reviewing court to consider not only evidence in the record that supports Commissioner’s de termination, but also any evidence that detracts from that conclusion

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