Darrel METZ, Appellant, v. Donna E. SHALALA, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Appellee

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• noting that “the absence of objective medical evidence of severe pain,” as well as other factors, “support[ed] the ALJ’s decision to discredit Metz’s subjective complaints of pain.”
• where statements are conclusory in nature, the ALJ is free to discount statements in favor of the contrary medical opinion of a consulting physician
• “We have stated that the opinion of a consulting physician who examines a claimant once does not constitute substantial evidence.”
• physician's conclusory statement without supporting evidence does not amount to substantial evidence of disability

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