Evelyn ADORNO, Appellant, v. Donna SHALALA, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Appellee

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• holding that an ALJ is not free to ignore record evidence that supports a conclusion contrary to the one the ALJ reached
• recognizing that a “statement by a plaintiffs treating physician supporting an assertion that [plaintiff] is disabled or unable to work is not dispositive of the issue” (internal quotation marks and citations omitted)
• holding that an ALJ “may properly accept some parts of the medical evidence and reject other parts, but she must consider all the evidence and give some reason for discounting the evidence she rejects”
• explaining that ALJ must provide some explanation for rejection of probative evidence suggesting contrary disposition
• explaining that “a statement by a plaintiff’s treating physician supporting an assertion that [plaintiff] is disabled or unable to work is not dispositive of the issue.” (internal quotation marks omitted)
• remanding after ALJ failed to mention a medical opinion because an ALJ must “provide some explanation for a rejection of probative evidence which would suggest a contrary disposition”

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