Bradley Lewis v. Kenneth S. Apfel, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration

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• holding that the ALJ properly relied on inconsistencies between the lay witness’s testimony and the claimant’s testimony
• holding that 4 inconsistency with the medical record is a germane reason for discrediting the 5 testimony of a lay witness
• holding that inconsistency with the claimant’s own 8 testimony is a germane reason to reject lay testimony
• holding that 2 inconsistency with the medical record is a germane reason for discrediting the 3 testimony of a lay witness
• concluding that inconsistencies between lay testimony and claimant testimony are a germane reason to discredit lay testimony
• stating that the ALJ “noted arguably germane reasons for dismissing the [lay] testimony, even if he did not clearly link his determination to those reasons”

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