Opinion ID: 448009
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: labile, shallow or coarse affect;

Text: 61 B. Resulting persistance of marked restriction of daily activities and construction of interests and deterioration in personal habits and seriously impaired ability to relate to other people. 62 Dr. Dorr specifically sets forth the clinical evidence upon which he relied in forming his opinion:There are no signs of a primary thinking disorder but many clinical evidences of an organic brain syndrome, to wit: psychomotor retardation (long delays in answering personal data questions); confusion about which side of his brain was injured; inability to recall the name of the drafting school he attended for many months; only approximate orientation; poor immediate recall; perserveration of thought; peculiar use of the word open in place of unemployed; and an exaggeration of the intellectual tasks involved in his jobs since his accident. In my opinion he grossly overestimates his ability to work as a draftsman (since he can no longer use a slide rule and has been unable to learn to use a computer). 63 The report of Dr. Jacobs sets forth medical findings as a result of his neurologic examination of Key which the ALJ should consider in determining whether Key's impairments meet the required level of severity as provided in Appendix 1. 64 It is clear from the record in this case that Key's impairments (Meniere's disease, left hemiparesis and dementia) are all listed as severe impairments in Appendix 1 of Subpart P of Regulations No. 4, and the ALJ should have reviewed the evidence to determine if the medical findings met or equaled the required showing contained in Appendix 1 for these listed impairments. 65 Because the ALJ failed to consider whether the medical evidence supported the required level of severity in conformity with the guidelines of Appendix 1, this case should be remanded so the proper determination can be made in conjunction with Title 20 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 404, Subpart P, Appendix 1.