Lockwood v. Commissioner Social Security Administration’s Empirical Analysis

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7 federal appellate · 8 district · 1 state decisions

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1. “The Commissioner will not apply the age categories mechanically in a borderline situation. If [a claimant is] within a few days to a few months of reaching an older age category, and using the older age category would result in a determination or decision that [the claimant is] disabled, [the Administration] will consider whether to use the older age category after evaluating the overall impact of all the factors of [the claimant’s] case.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Byes v. Astrue

2. “we will consider whether to use the older age category after evaluating the overall impact of all the factors of your case.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Ross v. Berryhill

3. “does not impose on ALJs a per se procedural requirement to address borderline age categorization in every borderline case,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Ross v. Berryhill