Flora M. SULLINS, Appellant, v. Donna E. SHALALA, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Appellee

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• finding that subjective complaints of pain may be “discounted if there are inconsistencies in the evidence as a whole”
• finding that subjective complaints of pain may be “discounted if there are inconsistencies in the evidence as a whole”
• finding it “noteworthy that [the claimant] did not allege a disabling mental impairment in her application for disability benefits, nor did she offer such an impairment as a basis for disability at her hearing”
• ALJ ordinarily has no obligation to investigate claims not presented at time of application or not offered at hearing

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