George CASTELLANO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant-Appellee

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• holding that Secretary has final responsibility to determine disability and treating doctor’s opinion may be rejected if conclusory and not supported by specific findings
• holding that “responsibility for determining the ultimate issue of disability is reserved to the [Commissioner]”
• holding that a treating physician’s opinion that claimant is disabled is not dispositive because final responsibility for determining disability is reserved to the Commissioner
• concluding that the ALJ properly discounted a treating physician’s opinion because it contradicted the physician’s own office records
• holding that “responsibility for determining the ultimate issue of disability is reserved to the [Commissioner]”
• holding that treating physician’s opinion that the claimant is disabled is “not binding”

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