BERRY v. SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION COMMISSIONER

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MAINE JOSHUA B., on behalf of Travis D. B., ) ) Plaintiff ) ) v. ) No. 2:19-cv-00436-LEW ) ANDREW M. SAUL, ) Commissioner of Social Security, ) ) Defendant ) REPORT AND RECOMMENDED DECISION1 This Social Security Disability (SSD) appeal raises the question of whether a vocational expert (VE) can provide competent evidence regarding a claimant’s need for a special bariatric chair to perform certain work. The plaintiff seeks remand on the bases that the administrative law judge (ALJ) erred in (i) prohibiting an attorney for his brother, the now deceased…