Getch v. Astrue

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• holding that remand was necessary where the ALJ concluded that the claimant could perform his past relevant □□ work but failed to adequately identify the duties of the prior job and assess the claimant’s ability to perform those tasks
• explaining that the Appeals Council will review a case if the new and material evidence “makes the ALJ's decision ‘contrary to the weight of the evidence’ in the record”
• noting that “discrepancies between objective evidence and self-reports may suggest symptom exaggeration”
• noting that “discrepancies between objective evidence and self-reports may suggest symptom exaggeration”
• “Reviewing courts . . . should rarely disturb an ALJ's credibility determination, unless that finding is unreasonable or unsupported.”
• finding no error in symptom assessment where ALJ “reasonably discounted [claimant’s] testimony given the discrepancy between his reports” and medical records

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