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· 1/14/1987

Jacqueline BRADLEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, M.D., Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee

Citations

  • 809 F.2d 1054
  • 1987 U.S. App. LEXIS 2049
  • 16 Soc. Serv. Rev. 163

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  • “[T]he ALJ is free to reject the opinion of any physician when the evidence supports a contrary conclusion.” (quotation omitted)
  • ALJ may reject a treating physician’s opinion in favor of an examining physician where the evidence supports a contrary conclusion
  • citing, inter alia, 28 U.S.C. § 405(g)

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Judges: Rubin, Randall, Higginbotham

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