context: In fact, he said that if a person had even a "moderate limitation" adhering to a schedule or concentrating or understanding or handling instructions, then she would be precluded from work (Id.). The ALJ's failure to address this issue in her opinion raises a red flag that, at a minimum, needs to be acknowledged on remand and then lowered if the Commissioner continues to deny Title II benefits for the relevant period.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.identifier: 900 F.Supp. 994, 1003-04
citation_a.parenthetical: holding that the ALJ did not consider the vocational expert's testimony on cross-examination and failed to articulate a basis for rejecting this evidence, which was a basis for remand
citation_a.sentence: See Sayles v. Barnhart, No. 00 C 7200, 2001 WL 1568850, at *9 (N.D.Ill., Dec. 7, 2001)(finding that “the fundamental problem with the ALJ’s determination is that both in the body of her ruling and in her findings, she addressed the vocational expert’s opinion in response to only one of the hypotheticals ... and disregarded the others”); see also Connor v. Shalala, 900 F.Supp. 994, 1003-04 (N.D.Ill.1995) (holding that the ALJ did not consider the vocational expert’s testimony on cross-examination and failed to articulate a basis for rejecting this evidence, which was a basis for remand).
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.identifier: 2001 WL 1568850, at *9
citation_b.parenthetical: finding that "the fundamental problem with the ALJ's determination is that both in the body of her ruling and in her findings, she addressed the vocational expert's opinion in response to only one of the hypotheticals ... and disregarded the others"
citation_b.sentence: See Sayles v. Barnhart, No. 00 C 7200, 2001 WL 1568850, at *9 (N.D.Ill., Dec. 7, 2001)(finding that “the fundamental problem with the ALJ’s determination is that both in the body of her ruling and in her findings, she addressed the vocational expert’s opinion in response to only one of the hypotheticals ... and disregarded the others”); see also Connor v. Shalala, 900 F.Supp. 994, 1003-04 (N.D.Ill.1995) (holding that the ALJ did not consider the vocational expert’s testimony on cross-examination and failed to articulate a basis for rejecting this evidence, which was a basis for remand).