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· 11/12/1981

Alice M. Oldham v. Richard S. Schweiker, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant

Citations

  • 660 F.2d 1078
  • 1981 U.S. App. LEXIS 16089

How courts have described this case

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  • “[T]he ALJ is free to reject the opinion of any physician when the evidence supports a contrary conclusion.”
  • The ALJ is free to reject the opinion of any physician when the evidence supports a contrary conclusion
  • A law judge may give substantial weight to the opinion of a non-examining reviewing source whose opinion is consistent with the overall record

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Judges: Johnson, Hatchett, Scott

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