Billie J. KNIGHT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Shirley S. CHATER, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee

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• declining to consider the ALJ’s Step Five analysis where the ALJ’s Step Four decision was upheld
• affirming ALJ’s determination that medical findings in treating physician’s notes did not support his opinion, noting “[t]he ALJ was allowed to conclude that these notes do not provide adequate clinical support for (treater’s) opinion on the residual capacity form.”
• “Medical evidence may be discounted if it is . . . inconsistent with other evidence.”
• “Medical evidence may be discounted if it is internally inconsistent or inconsistent with other evidence” in the record.
• “Medical evidence may be discounted if it is internally inconsistent or inconsistent with other evidence”
• “The ALJ must give substantial weight to the medical evidence and opinions submitted, unless specific, legitimate reasons constituting good cause are shown for rejecting it.”

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