Dean Wayne Nation v. Nancy A. Berryhill

I.

BACKGROUND

Plaintiff applied for DIB and SSI on June 17, 2014, alleging disability beginning December 24, 2011. See Dkt. 21, Administrative Record (“AR”) 257-65. After his claim was denied initially and on reconsideration, Plaintiff requested and received a hearing before an Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) on October 13, 2016. See AR 41-72. On November 13, 2017, the ALJ issued a written decision. See AR 14- 30. The ALJ determined that Plaintiff had the severe impairments of status post-surgery for possible Arnold Chiari malformation, status post shunt placement procedure, history of gunshot wounds lower extremities, degenerative changes of the lumbar spine, post-traumatic stress disorder, antisocial personality disorder, and depressive disorder. See AR 18-19. The ALJ also determined that Plaintiff had medically determinable but not severe impairments of hyperlipidemia, hepatomegaly, history of fascial fracture, and history of cardiac catheterization. See AR 19-20. The ALJ concluded that Plaintiff did not have an impairment or combination of impairments that met or medically equaled one of the listed impairments. See AR 20-22. The ALJ then determined that despite his…