Marlise Grebenick v. Shirley S. Chater

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• applying SSR 83-20 to the disability-prior-to-DLI determination where the ALJ made no prior finding of disability, either at present or prior to DLI
• refusing the claimant a medical advisor where contemporaneous records showed that her ailment had not reached a “disabling level of severity” by the date last insured
• where medical evidence was not ambiguous as to possibility that claimant’s disability onset occurred before DLI, ALJ was not required to consult medical advisor
• medical records indicated that claimant's symptoms \had not yet reached the disabling level\ within the two years following her claimedonset date
• “A treating physician's opinion is generally entitled to substantial weight; however, such an opinion is not conclusive in determining disability status.”
• “If the medical evidence is ambiguous and a retroactive inference is necessary, SSR 83–20 requires the ALJ to call upon the services of a medical advisor. . . .”

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