Donna Greene v. Carolyn W. Colvin
Opinion
Opinion
MEMORANDUM
Donna L. Greene appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, upholding the denial of her application for disability insurance benefits. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we vacate and remand.
The ALJ failed to adequately address the vision and hearing impairments supported by the record and explained in Greene’s testimony. The ALJ’s residual functional capacity assessment did not include any information about Greene’s vision problems, and it mentioned Greene’s hearing problems only briefly, noting that Greene “testified that she had hearing loss, but used bilateral hearing devices.” However, the ALJ was required to “consider the limiting effects of all [of Greene’s] impairment(s), even those that are not severe, in determining [Greene’s] residual functional capacity.” 20 C.F.R. § 404.1545 (e); see also SSR 96-8P, 1996 WL 374184 , at *5 (July 2, 1996) (“In assessing RFC, the adjudicator must consider limitations and restrictions imposed by all of an individual’s impairments, even those that are not ‘severe.’ ”).