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· 12/17/2013

Big Branch Resources, Inc. v. John Ogle

Citations

  • 737 F.3d 1063
  • 2013 WL 6608019
  • 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 24932

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  • holding that an ALJ may reasonably discredit a disability-causation opinion finding no legal pneumoconiosis even where pneumoconiosis is presumed rather than affirmatively found
  • explaining that we tend not to reassess the weight given to medical experts especially when, as here, the ALJ’s findings are reasonable
  • “[W]e do not require the ALJ to remark on every piece of evidence. . . . Our review is whether the ALJ’s decision rests on substantial evidence.”
  • “[W]e do not require the ALJ to remark on every piece of evidence. . . . Our review is whether the ALJ’s decision rests on substantial evidence.”
  • “Rather than review whether the ALJ has meticulously discussed every piece of evidence that may be missing, we review merely whether he has reviewed all relevant evidence, applied the proper legal standard, and reached a conclusion based on substantial evidence.”

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Judges: Batchelder, Guy, Moore

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