Terry Steele v. Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Commissioner of Social Security

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• holding that the ALJ’s evaluation must contain “specific reasons” for the credibility finding and that the ALJ is not permitted to merely recite factors or rules outlined in the regulation
• holding that the ALJ, not the Commissioner’s lawyers, must build Scott’s logical bridge
• noting that the court of appeals must confine its review to the reasons supplied by the ALJ
• explaining that the “record as whole” cannot be used to fill gaps in the ALJ’s reasoning
• holding ALJ’s step three finding could not stand because the ALJ mischaracterized claimant’s EEG results showing seizure episodes and documenting a neurophysiological disturbance as “generally unremarkable” and “unremarkable”
• stating that the ALJ, not the Commissioner’s lawyers, must build an accurate and logical bridge from the evidence to the conclusion, and the court’s review is confined to the reasons the ALJ provided

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