Abbott v. Astrue

ORDER

Clark Abbott, born in 1947, filed his second application for Social Security disability benefits, claiming that heart disease, high blood pressure, and arthritis in his knee left him unable to work by the end of 2004, his last date insured. The administrative law judge determined that Abbott was not disabled because, he found, Abbott had acquired skills from his past work that he could transfer to a new job within his residual functional capacity. That ruling forms the heart of this appeal: Abbott argues that the ALJ erred in finding that he had transferable skills. Because the ALJ did…