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· 12/14/1982

James Sample v. Richard Schweiker , Secretary of Health and Human Services

Citations

  • 694 F.2d 639

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  • recognizing that it is the vocational expert’s role to 22 translate factual scenarios into realistic job market probabilities, not to determine 23 the validity of medical opinions
  • maintaining that resolution of conflicts in the evidence are the sole function of the || Commissioner
  • noting that an ALJ is the appropriate judge of the weight of the medical evidence in formulating hypotheticals for vocational assessment
  • explaining that an ALJ may “draw inferences logically flowing from the evidence”
  • lim-iting appellate review to determining whether a reasonable mind could accept the ALJ’s conclusion
  • limiting appellate review to determining whether a reasonable mind could accept the ALJ's conclusion

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Judges: Kennedy, Norris, McNichols

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