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· 6/3/2011

McKinzey v. Astrue

Citations

  • 641 F.3d 884
  • 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 11200
  • 2011 WL 2162903

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • explaining that error is harmless only if the Court is “convinced” that ALJ would reach same result on remand
  • affirming ALJ’s credibility determination even though two of plaintiff’s three challenges had merit
  • it is a waste of time to remand when the court is convinced that the ALJ would reach the same result
  • “the ALJ must explain [his] decision in such a way that allows us to determine whether [he] reached [his] decision in a rational manner, logically based on [his] specific findings and the evidence in the record.”
  • credibility determinations must be supported by substantial evidence

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Manion, Manton, Evans, Hamilton

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