Cole v. Colvin

Federal 7th Circuit Court
Civil Court
Social Security
Citation
Case Number: 
No. 15-3883
Decision Date: 
July 26, 2016
Federal District: 
N.D. Ind., Ft. Wayne Div.
Holding: 
Reversed and remanded

Record failed to contain sufficient evidence to support ALJ’s denial of social security disability benefits, where claimant alleged that conditions in his arm and groin, as well as certain gastrointestinal conditions, caused him pain that precluded him from obtaining work. ALJ improperly believed that claimant was malingerer, where claimant had significant work history both before and after his first injury to his arm/elbow, and further failed to provide reasoned basis to ignore consulting physician’s opinion that claimant could not stand or sit for significant periods of time, and that claimant’s condition was unlikely to improve.