Bidwell v. Kijakazi

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA ELIZABETH BIDWELL, : Civil No. 1:21-CV-1387 : Plaintiff : : v. : (Magistrate Judge Carlson) : KILOLO KIJAKAZI, : Acting Commissioner of Social Security, : : Defendant : MEMORANDUM OPINION I. Introduction Social Security disability claims are evaluated pursuant to a familiar five-step test. An Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) only reaches the fifth, and final, step in this analysis after it has been determined that a claimant suffers from serious impairments which are so grave that the claimant can no longer perform his…