Teacher:In this task, you will be shown a prompt from a judicial decision and multiple holding statements derived from citations following text in a legal decision. Holdings represent the governing legal rule when the law is applied to a particular set of facts. There are five answer choices for each citing text. The correct answer is the holding statement that corresponds to the citing text. The four incorrect answers are other holding statements. You should find the correct option. There is a <HOLDING> token in the position of the citing text prompt where the holding statement was extracted.
Teacher: Now, understand the problem? Solve this instance: to assess the claimant's functional residual capacity. 20 C.F.R. 404.1520(e). The claimant has the burden of proof in steps one through four. The Social Security Administration bears the burden of proof at step five. Lax v. Astrue, 489 F.3d 1080, 1084 (10th Cir.2007). 5 . The ALJ also concluded that Plaintiff could perform "past work" -as a bank teller. (AR at 24). As the Defendant acknowledges, Plaintiffs work as a bank teller did not constitute past work; rather, he was currently employed as a bank teller. However, as discussed herein, because the court concludes that the ALJ's step four determination regarding Plaintiff's student services job is supported by the substantial evidence, the error is harmless. See Fischer-Ross v. Barnhart, 431 F.3d 729, 730, 733-34 (10th Cir.2005) (<HOLDING>). 6 . The court also notes that this issue was
Holding statements: (A) holding proper basis for award of fees (B) holding in the absence of alj findings supported by specific weighing of the evidence we cannot assess whether relevant evidence adequately supports the aljs conclusion and thus the aljs unexplained conclusion was beyond meaningful review (C) holding ambiguous finding that one or another defendant was liable did not provide a proper basis for judgment (D) holding that an aljs factuallysubstantiated findings at other steps of the sequentialevaluation process provide a proper basis for upholding a stepthree the decision (E) holding that statute does not provide for the adjudication by the alj of a state law breach of contract action for damages that is independent of the aljs determination of entitlement to benefits under the terms of the applicable agreement
Student:
(D)