Christel Branum v. Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Commissioner, Social Security Administration

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• holding that records from behavioral health center were not compiled by physician and thus were not medical evidence
• holding that, under the treating physician rule, the ALJ properly found a medical source’s opinion not supportable where few clinical findings or diagnostic tests supported it
• concluding that the ALJ satisfactorily developed the record when the claimant’s “counsel did not indicate or suggest to the ALJ that any medical records were missing from the administrative record, nor did counsel ask for the ALJ’s assistance in obtaining any additional medical records”
• noting that “the consistency or compatibility of nonmedical testimony with objective medical evidence” is a relevant factor in assessing a claimant’s credibility
• explaining that the ALJ is entitled to rely on the claimant’s structure of her case, especially when represented by counsel at the hearing
• noting that “the consistency or compatibility of nonmedical testimony with objective medical evidence” is a relevant factor in assessing a claimant’s credibility

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