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Vocational Rule 203.3 Case Analysis

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Group I, Category 19 Incorrect RFC Decision
ISSUE
DDS proposed a denial determination using Vocational Rule 203.15 as a framework for the determination. The evidence in file supports a more restrictive RFC, which results in an allowance.
CASE DISCUSSION & POLICY ANALYSIS (INCLUDING SPECIFIC REFERENCES)
This 66 year old is filing a DIB claim alleging disability due to stroke, fatigue, headache, mixed hyperlipidemia, hypertensive heart disease, benign heart failure, cerebrovascular left hemiparesis, allergic rhinitis, pollen induced, acid reflux disease, depression, benign hypotrophy, PTSD, elevated PSA, abnormal glucose, and a Vitamin D deficiency of 04/11/2014.
The evidence shows the claimant has a history of a right parietal occipital cerebral vascular accident (CVA) on 4/11/14. The CVA resulted in right …show more content…

The evidence in file supports a more restrictive RFC. The claimant could not be expected to lift 50 lbs. occasionally and 25 lbs frequently on a sustained basis. At most, he could lift up to 20 lbs. occasionally and 10 lbs frequently and would be limited to occasional posturals; he should avoid ladders, dangerous machinery, and unprotected heights.
DI 24510.006 indicates the RFC must be based on all of the available medical evidence including medical history, medical signs and laboratory findings and effects of symptoms including pain that are reasonably attributed to a medically determinable impairment. The RFC is the most the claimant can perform/sustain during an 8-hour workday/40 hour work week. In this case, in view of the advanced atherosclerosis of bilateral internal carotid artery and associated symptoms of dizziness related to cerebrovascular a more restrictive RFC is supported.
There was further evidence of a mental impairment. The DDS determined the claimant is mentally capable of simple, routine work tasks. The evidence in file supports this

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