Larry D. Choate v. Jo Anne B. Barnhart

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• holding that “an ALJ may properly consider the claimant’s . . . failing to take prescription medications [and] seek treatment . . . .”
• finding that ALJ properly discredited physician’s Medical Source Statement where treatment notes never mentioned restrictions or limitations to the plaintiff's activities
• explaining that an ALJ may consider a claimant’s failure to comply with physician instructions, including failing to take prescription medications, seek treatment, and quit smoking. (citations omitted)
• finding an ALJ may 9 properly consider the claimant’s noncompliance with a treating physician’s directions, including failure to seek treatment
• “[A]n ALJ may properly consider the claimant’s noncompliance with a treating physician’s directions, including failing to take prescription medication[.]” (citations omitted)
• “[A]n ALJ may properly consider the claimant’s noncompliance with a treating physician’s directions, including failing to take prescription medications, seek treatment, and quit smoking.”

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