Browning v. Colvin

Federal 7th Circuit Court
Civil Court
Social Security
Citation
Case Number: 
No. 13-3836
Decision Date: 
September 4, 2014
Federal District: 
S.D. Ind., Evansville Div.
Holding: 
Reversed and remanded
Record failed to support ALJ’s denial of claimant’s application for Social Security disability benefits based upon claimant’s mental disability, obesity and defect in her hip joint. ALJ could not invalidate claimant’s 68 IQ score based on claim that claimant possessed greater intellect due to fact that she displayed sarcasm to examining psychologist. Moreover, ALJ failed to ask psychologist relevant question as to likelihood that claimant could ever perform normal employment tasks and additionally understated claimant’s work-related limitations when seeking opinion from vocational expert. ALJ also failed to consider combination of claimant’s impairments when determining that claimant could do sedentary work or move out of parent's home and work outside her geographic area.