· 6/18/1999
John C. Melton v. Kenneth S. Apfel, Commissioner, Social Security Administration
Citations
- 181 F.3d 939
- 1999 U.S. App. LEXIS 13432
- 1999 WL 407789
How courts have described this case
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- finding that Plaintiff’s “job search undermines his claim that he was unable to work”
- inconsistent medical examinations, lack of activity restrictions, and lack of consistent treatment gave ALJ sufficient reason to discount claimant’s subjective complaints of back pain
- testimony undermined by, among other reasons, the lack of significant restrictions placed on his activities by his doctors
- noting the claimant’s part-time work as evidence devaluing subjective complaints
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Judges: McMillian, Arnold, Nangle
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