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If I suffer from Obesity and it is not my primary disabling condition, must the ALJ consider the effects of obesity on my residual physical capacity in determining if I am disabled or not?

An ALJ must consider obesity and its overall impact on your ability to work.  If the ALJ failed to take your obesity into consideration you may want to allege that “The ALJ failed to take into consideration the Claimant’s obesity and its effects on the Claimants Residual Functional Capacity.”