Lawrence v. Saul, No. 19-2355 (8th Cir. 2020)
Annotate this CaseThe Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of plaintiff's challenge to the Commissioner's denial of her application for disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income. The court held that substantial evidence supported the ALJ's determination concerning the limits of plaintiff's ability to reach and handle throughout an otherwise sedentary workday. In this case, one of the jobs cited by the vocational expert as available in the national economy—call out operator—requires only occasional, rather than frequent, handling. Therefore, the identified job is even less demanding on plaintiff's upper extremities than would be permitted by the Commissioner's residual functional capacity limitation.
Court Description: [Melloy, Author, with Kelly and Kobes, Circuit Judges] Civil case - Social Security. Substantial evidence supported the ALJ's determination that claimant was capable of right upper extremity handling throughout an otherwise sedentary workday and that there were jobs in the national economy that claimant could perform with her limitations.
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