Castile v. Astrue

Dist. Ct. did not err in affirming ALJ’s denial of claimant’s application for disability insurance and disability widow’s benefits based on claimant’s fibromyalgia, depression, obesity, chronic fatigue syndrome, and high blood pressure. Claimant failed to present any medical evidence linking her chronic fatigue syndrome to unacceptable level of absenteeism, and ALJ could properly determine that claimant’s obesity, along with other impairments, did not rise to medical definition of any currently listed impairment. Ct. also rejected claimant’s contention that ALJ improperly found claimant to be incredible with respect to her claim that her pain prevented her from working.