Engstrand v. Colvin

Record failed to support ALJ’s denial of claimant’s application for SSI disability benefits based on his pain associated with diabetic neuropathy and osteoarthritis. While ALJ did not find claimant credible with respect to his pain complaints associated with his diabetic neuropathy, ALJ improperly based said finding on claimant’s ability to feel 10-gram monofilament, where there was no medical evidence to suggest that said ability would contradict claimant’s pain complaints. Fact that claimant used medications sporadically did not require different result where ALJ had failed to inquire why claimant may not have been fully compliant with his medications. Moreover, ALJ wrongly evaluated significance of claimant’s ability to perform certain daily tasks.