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· 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

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • 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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