Algiers MUSE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Louis W. SULLIVAN, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee

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• explaining that the ALJ is not required to incorporate limitations in the RFC the ALJ finds unsupported by the record
• holding ALJ was not bound by previous ALJ’s finding that claimant could perform only light work
• explaining that the ALJ is not required to incorporate limitations in the RFC the ALJ finds unsupported by the record
• explaining that the ALJ is not required to incorporate limitations in the RFC the ALJ finds unsupported by the record
• finding, in part, that “the record does not support the suggestion that the ALJ ignored the reports of previous physicians who concluded that Muse suffered from significant physical and mental impairments”
• describing well-known five-step sequential disability analysis in which the Commissioner has the burden of showing, at step five, that the claimant's impairment does not prevent the claimant from engaging in substantial gainful activity

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