Teixeira 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 “evidence of daily activities can be used to support a negative credibility finding”
• stating that performing daily activities with assistance and frequent “breaks does not prevent the hearing officer from using the testimony of [claimant’s] daily activities as one factor in assessing credibility”
• holding a hearing officer may use the testimony of a claimant’s daily activities as one factor in assessing credibility despite her family’s assistance in completing household work and her frequent breaks
• stating that “[w]hile a claimant’s performance of household chores . . . ought not be equated to an ability to participate effectively in the workforce, . . . [it] can be used to support a negative credibility finding”
• ALJ could consider testimony of claimant’s daily activities even though claimant also claimed to require assistance to complete them
• “[E]vidence of daily activities can be used to support a negative credibility finding.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).