Makuch v. Halter

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

SARIS, District Judge.

INTRODUCTION

Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), Plaintiff John Makuch, who suffered a back injury at work, seeks review of the decision denying his application for Social Security Disability Insurance Benefits. He argues: (1) that the Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) violated the treating physician rule by disregarding the opinion of his treating physician; (2) that the ALJ improperly evaluated his subjective complaints of pain; and (3) that the ALJ improperly applied the grid because of his non-exertional impairment of pain. For the reasons stated…