Fidencio CHAVEZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee

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• concluding that the prior ALJ’s findings are entitled to preclusive effect with respect to the claimant’s condition at the time of the prior decision
• the first 7 ALJ’s findings concerning the claimant’s RFC, capacity, education, and work experience “are 8 entitled to some res judicata consideration in subsequent proceedings.”
• presumption of 27 28 continuing non-disability applies absent change in circumstances, namely new and material evidence indicative of greater disability
• “The principles of res judicata apply to administrative decisions, although the doctrine is applied less rigidly to administrative proceedings than to judicial proceedings.”
• “The principles of res judicata apply to administrative 19 decisions, although the doctrine is applied less rigidly to administrative 20 proceedings than to judicial proceedings.”
• same where the claimant turned 55 years old after the date of the 20 || prior ALJ’s decision, thus changing his age category to “advanced age”

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