Hall v. Colvin

Record failed to support ALJ’s denial of applicant’s claim for Social Security disability benefits, where applicant, who had previously been declared to be 70 percent disabled and deemed “unemployable” by Dept. of Veterans Affairs, alleged that he could not work due to ankle injury, as well as back and knee pain. Applicant testified that he was incapacitated by pain for at least six days per month and could not sit for more than 15 minutes nor stand for more than 10 minutes, and ALJ improperly discounted such testimony based solely on perceived lack of diagnostic tests to support such pain complaints. ALJ also should have analyzed and weighed disability determination made by Dept. of Veterans Affairs.