Adaire v. Colvin

Record failed to support ALJ’s denial of claimant’s application for Social Security disability benefits stemming from chronic back pain, cubital tunnel syndrome, somatoform disorder and various psychiatric disorders, where ALJ found that claimant was capable of doing unskilled light work. ALJ improperly discounted claimant’s pain testimony based on finding that said testimony could not be attributed to objective medical evidence, and record otherwise contained objective evidence of pain in form of claimant’s damaged ulnar nerve, corrective elbow surgery and scoliosis condition. Record also did not support ALJ’s observation that claimant was not believable because he did not seek treatment for his extreme symptoms.