Calderon v. Astrue

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

BLOCK, Senior District Judge:

Edmundo Calderon (“Calderon”) seeks judicial review of the final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security (“Commissioner”) denying his application for disability insurance benefits (“DIB”). For the following reasons, the case is remanded solely for the calculation of benefits.

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Calderon first applied for DIB in 1993, alleging that severe pain in his shoulders, arms and hands prevented him from continuing to work as a jeweler. Over the ensuing years, he received three adverse decisions from administrative law judges (ALJs); the pertinent…