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· 5/30/1990

Christine NESS, Appellant, v. Louis W. SULLIVAN, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services, Appellee

Citations

  • 904 F.2d 432
  • 1990 WL 70560

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  • substantial evidence constitutes such relevant evidence as reasonable mind might accept as adequate to support conclusion; court must consider weight of evidence in record both for and against conclusion reached
  • ... the ALJ ignored the law of this circuit, which states that the ALJ must not substitute his opinions for those of the physician. See Fowler v. Bowen, 866 F.2d 249, 252 (8th Cir.1989)
  • “[T]he ALJ must not substitute his opinions for those of the physician.”

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Judges: McMillian, Gibson, Bowman

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