Marlin SARCHET, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Shirley S. CHATER, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee

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• recognizing that “[s]ome people may have such a severe case of fibromyalgia as to be totally disabled from working”
• recognizing that no laboratory tests exist to determine the presence or severity of fibromyalgia
• holding that a growing number of courts “have recognized that fibromyalgia is a disabling impairment and that ‘there are no objective tests which can conclusively confirm the disease.’”
• recognizing that one of fibro-myalgia’s “principal symptoms” is “pain all over”
• finding that ALJ completely ignored, among other things, claimant’s “long list of medical ailments”
• recognizing that an ALJ is not required to believe a claimant’s testimony

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