Borrero v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF CONNECTICUT Gil Borrero, Plaintiff, Civil No. 3:19-cv-01306-TOF v. Andrew Saul, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant. November 30, 2020 RULING ON PENDING MOTIONS I. INTRODUCTION The Plaintiff, Gil Borrero, is a former construction worker who broke his ankle on April 18, 2015. In May 2015 he applied for Title XVI Supplemental Security Income (“SSI”) benefits, claiming that he had been disabled by the ankle fracture as well as by chronic back, neck, and shoulder pain. (R. 322, 333.) After a series of contentious hearings in 2018, an Administrative…