Higgins v. Commissioner

The Eighth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of social security disability benefits to plaintiff. The court held that the ALJ properly relied on testimony from the vocational expert's testimony that a certain needed modification is part of the functional workplace. In this case, the vocational expert testified based on her expertise that bariatric chairs were commonly provided to individuals in the workplace and identified jobs that an individual who, like plaintiff, needs a bariatric chair, could perform. Therefore, substantial evidence supported the ALJ's finding that jobs exist in the national economy that plaintiff could adjust to, and that finding did not result from an error of law. View "Higgins v. Commissioner" on Justia Law