James R. SIAS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant-Appellee

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• holding the plaintiff was noncompliant in losing weight and stopping smoking, and the court felt that this behavior was “not consistent with that of a person who suffers from intractable pain”
• taking judicial notice of cost of purchasing cigarettes in rejecting plaintiff’s claim that he could not afford support hose prescribed for his thrombosis
• “Taking judicial notice of the monetary cost of [smoking], we calculate that the cost of the hose could have been covered by the savings claimant would realize if he gave up cigarettes.”
• discounting the claimant’s allegations where he failed to follow prescribed treatment
• discounting the claimant’s allegations where he failed to follow prescribed treatment
• the court rejected plaintiffs application for disability benefits, in part because of plaintiffs refusal to stop smoking to the detriment of his health

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