ALJ Error – Disability Benefits

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: Alice L. Gedatus v. Andrew M. Saul

Case No.: 20-1753

Officials: SYKES, Chief Judge, and MANION and ST. EVE, Circuit Judges.

Focus: ALJ Error – Disability Benefits

Alice Gedatus seeks social security disability benefits. She alleged many medical conditions, including lumbar degenerative disc disease, sciatica, leg pain, knee pain, wrist difficulties, tremors, and residual effects from a head hemorrhage. Over the years, she underwent multiple surgeries and other treatments. After a hearing, the Administrative Law Judge agreed with Gedatus about several issues, but concluded she could perform light work with some limits, so she was not disabled. No doctor opined she needed more limits than the ALJ determined. The district judge affirmed. Gedatus appeals, raising myriad errors collected in two clusters. First, she argues errors permeate the ALJ’s symptom evaluation. Second, she argues the ALJ erred by not setting forth an assessment of her limited sitting tolerance or tremors. We conclude substantial evidence supports the ALJ’s decision, and the ALJ did not otherwise reversibly err. So we affirm.

Affirmed

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Derek A Hawkins is Associate Corporate Counsel, IP at Amazon.