Linda Godbey v. Kenneth S. Apfel, Commissioner of Social Security

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• holding that ALJ must explain why he accepts certain limitations that a psychological consultant proposes while simultaneously rejecting other proposed limitations
• holding that ALJ must explain why he accepts certain limitations that a psychological consultant proposes while simultaneously rejecting other proposed limitations
• holding that the ALJ’s failure to discuss doctors’ opinions in their entirety when the omitted evidence supports the plaintiff’s claim requires reversing the ALJ’s decision
• explaining that the court cannot evaluate whether the ALJ properly rejected evidence when the ALJ fails to explain his reasoning
• stating that an ALJ must “at least minimally discuss a claimant’s evidence that contradicts” their conclusions
• explaining that ALJs may not selectively cherry-pick facts that support their conclusions while ignoring contrary lines of evidence.

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).