Alvin R. HARRELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee

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• holding “we may not reweigh the evidence in the record, nor try the issues de novo, nor substitute our judgment for the Secretary’s, even if the evidence preponderates against the Secretary’s decision”
• “finding medical improvement . . . does not apply to new applications for disability benefits”
• paraphrasing 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520(b)-(0). 4 . 1996 WL 374186 at (July 2, 1996). 5 . Scharlow v. Schweiker, 655 F.2d 645, 648 (1981). 6 . 20 C.F.R. § 404.1529(b), (c)(3) (emphasis added). 7 . SSR 96-7P, 1996 WL 374186 at (emphasis added). 8 . 655 F.2d 645, 648 (5th Cir. 1981
• “The [Social Security Disability Benefits Reform] Act, regulations 24 No. 02-4318 and case law mandate that the Secretary require that subjective complaints be corroborated, at least in part, by objective medical findings.” (emphasis added)
• subjective complaints must be corroborated by objective medical findings to carry weight

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