MASCIO v. COLVIN

No. 13-2088.

780 F.3d 632 (2015)

Bonnilyn A. MASCIO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Carolyn W. COLVIN, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee, and Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: March 18, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: David J. Cortes , Roberti, Wittenberg, Lauffer, Wicker & Cinski, P.A., Durham, North Carolina, for Appellant. Mark J. Goldenberg , Social Security Administration, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Thomas G. Walker , United States Attorney, R.A. Renfer, Jr. , Assistant United States Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.

Reversed and remanded with instructions by published opinion. Judge DIAZ wrote the opinion, in which Judge AGEE and Judge FLOYD joined.


Bonnilyn Mascio appeals the Social Security Administration's denial of her application for supplemental security income benefits. Because we conclude that the administrative law judge erred by not conducting a function-by-function analysis, by ignoring (without explanation) Mascio's moderate limitation in her ability to maintain...

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