Kenneth ORLANDO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Margaret HECKLER, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee

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• finding that an ALJ need not lay out their determinations and supporting reasoning in a “conclusion” section, as opposed to a “discus- sion” section
• refusing to require an ALJ to lay out his determinations and supporting reasoning in a “conclusion” section, as opposed to a “discussion” section, and calling any such requirement a “needless formality”
• “We agree it would be more helpful if the [ALJ’s] determination[] and supporting reasoning also appeared in the Findings section, but refuse to impose such a needless formality.”
• “[W]e examine the [ALJ]’s opinion as a whole to ascertain whether [she] considered all of the relevant evidence, made the required determinations, and gave supporting reasons for [her] decisions.”

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