POULIN v. SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION COMMISSIONER

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MAINE PAUL P., ) ) Plaintiff ) ) v. ) No. 1:20-cv-00192-JDL ) ANDREW M. SAUL, ) Commissioner of Social Security, ) ) Defendant ) REPORT AND RECOMMENDED DECISION1 This Supplemental Security Income (SSI) appeal raises the questions of (i) whether the physical residual functional capacity (RFC) assessed by the administrative law judge (ALJ) is supported by substantial evidence and (ii) whether the ALJ supportably found that, although the plaintiff was disabled, his substance use was material to his disability, thereby disqualifying him from receiving…