Jana M. Bayliss v. Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Commissioner, Social Security Administration

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• holding that an ALJ may reject lay witness opinions that are unsupported by the medical record
• concluding that the ALJ may reject an opinion that is inadequately supported by clinical findings
• holding that inconsistency with medical evidence is a germane reason for discrediting the testimony of lay witnesses
• holding that an ALJ need not accept the opinion of a doctor that is inadequately supported by clinical findings
• holding that it is proper for an ALJ to limit a hypothetical to restrictions supported by substantial evidence in the record
• holding that the ALJ properly discredited lay testimony based on inconsistencies with the medical evidence

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