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Disabilities: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Depression
Notice of Decision: Fully Favorable
Administrative Law Judge: Thurman Anderson
Office of Disability Adjudication & Review (ODAR): Broward County, Florida & Palm Beach County, Florida
FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
After careful consideration of the entire record, the undersigned makes the following findings:
1. The claimant met the insured status requirements of the Social Security Act through March 31, 2003.
2. The claimant has not engaged in substantial gainful activity since July 30, 2002, the alleged onset date (20 CFR 404.1520(b) and 404.1571 et seq.).
The claimant testified that he has worked sporadically on a part time basis doing part time carpentry work, earning no more than $400 per month. The claimant's earnings record reflects no earnings after 2002, and as there is no substantive evidence that he has worked on a consistent basis, the undersigned finds that he has not engaged in substantial gainful activity since his alleged onset date.
3. The claimant has the following severe combination of impairments: post traumatic stress disorder and depression (20 CFR 404.1520(c)).
The above combination of impairments causes significant limitation in the claimant's ability to perform basic work activities.
4. The severity of the claimant's post traumatic stress disorder medically equals the criteria of section 12.06 of20 CFR Part 404, Subpart P, Appendix 1 (20 CFR 404.1520(d)).
In making this finding, the undersigned considered all symptoms and the extent to which these symptoms can reasonably be accepted as consistent with the objective medical evidence and other evidence, based on the requirements of20 CFR 404.1529 and SSRs 96-4p and 96-7p. The undersigned has also considered opinion evidence in accordance with the requirements of 20 CFR 404.1527 and SSRs 96-2p, 96-5p, 96-6p and 06-3p.
Section 12.06 refers to anxiety related disorders and requires the existence of recurrent and intrusive recollections of a traumatic experience, which are the source of marked distress and resulting in at least two of the following: marked restriction of activities of daily living; or marked difficulties in maintaining social functioning; or marked difficulties in maintaining concentration, persistence, or pace; or repeated episodes of decompensation, each of extended duration.
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