Wayne T. BAKER, Appellant, v. Kenneth S. APFEL, Commissioner of Social Security Administration, Appellee

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• holding that chronic absenteeism needed to be included in the RFC where a plaintiff’s migraines rendered him absent roughly once every two weeks
• holding that while the claimant experienced arthritic pain and headaches, it was not so severe as to be disabling
• finding that if excessive absenteeism is caused by a claimant’s impairment, it should be included in the RFC and considered by the vocational expert
• if excessive absenteeism is caused by a claimant's impairment, it should be included in the RFC and considered by the vocational expert
• “the fact that the claimant's pain is not so severe as to be disabling does not necessarily mean that it places no limits or restrictions on his ability to work”
• “Based on all the medical evidence, there is no doubt that the claimant experiences pain; the question is whether the pain, in and of itself, is so severe as to be disabling.”

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