Dweaine BOOKS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Shirley S. CHATER, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee

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• explaining that ignoring an entire line of evidence falls below the minimal level of required articulation
• explaining that, if correct resolution of appeal is clear, remand needlessly prolongs case without contributing to correct outcome
• declining to remand for failure to address family member statement because “it served strictly to reiterate, and thereby corroborate, [the claimant’s] own testimony”
• pointing out that when assessing conflicting medical evidence, an ALJ must decide, based on several considerations, which doctor to believe
• “However, while the treating physician’s opinion is important, it is not the final word on a claimant’s disability”
• a claimant was limited to light work jobs that allowed him to sit or stand at will

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