Clara B. ANDERSON, Appellant, v. Donna E. SHALALA, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, Appellee

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• stating that an ALJ is permitted to issue a decision without obtaining additional medical evidence if other evidence in the record provides a sufficient basis for the ALJ’s decision
• recognizing the ALJ must determine a claimant’s RFC based on all of the relevant evidence, including the medical records, observations of treating physicians and others, and an individual’s own description of his limitations
• observing that claimant's \drug-seeking behavior further discredits her allegations of disabling pain\
• drug-seeking behaviors cast a “cloud of doubt” over the legitimacy of a claimant’s numerous doctor visits and discredits allegations of disabling pain
• drug-seeking behaviors cast a “cloud of doubt” over the legitimacy of a claimant’s numerous doctor visits and discredits allegations of disabling pain
• “If there is no such [medical] evidence, the ALJ’s decision ‘cannot be said to be supported by substantial evidence.’”

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