Colvin v. Schaublin

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• holding that ALJ erred “by interpreting [the claimant’s] electromyography exam and lumbar MRI as inconsistent with his complaints of pain”
• holding that ALJ erred “by interpreting [claimant’s] electromyography exam and lumbar MRI as inconsistent with his complaints of pain”
• finding that the ALJ’s credibility finding was adequately supported by other reasons, even though the ALJ also relied in part on the claimant’s failure to seek treatment but didn’t inquire as to why not
• holding ALJ could not solely rely on state agency physicians where state agency physicians never examined claimant or reviewed results of EMG or MRI tests and where their dated opinions could not account for how claimant’s condition might have deteriorated
• holding ALJ could not solely rely on state agency physicians where state agency physicians never examined claimant or reviewed results of EMG or MRI tests and where their dated opinions could not account for how claimant’s condition might have deteriorated
• finding ALJ played doctor by independently interpreting electromyography exam and lumbar MRI as inconsistent with claimant’s pain complaints

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