Cross v. Commissioner of Social Security

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

BAUGHMAN, United States Magistrate Judge.

Introduction

This is an action for judicial review of the final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security denying the application of the plaintiff, Lewis P. Cross, for disability insurance benefits. The parties have consented to the jurisdiction of the Magistrate Judge.

The Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”), whose decision became the final decision of the Commissioner, found that Cross had severe impairments consisting of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, hepatitis C by history, malaria by history, and a disorder of…