Josephine Mancia Widow of Angelo Mancia v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor

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• noting valid use of a hypothetical question and answer in assessing whether a miner’s death was caused by underlying lung disease
• noting valid use of a hypothetical question and answer in assessing whether a miner's death was caused by underlying lung disease
• discussing physicians’ testimony that coronary artery disease is not related to pneumoconiosis
• discussing the causes of cor pulmonale and its links with pneumoconiosis
• noting hesitantly that “there may be situations where the nature of a non-treating physician’s report is sufficient, in context with all the other evidence in the case, to support a conclusion that is contrary to the opinion of a treating physician”
• “The ALJ was not free to selectively credit testimony merely because it supports a particular conclusion while ignoring all evidence contrary to that conclusion.”

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