Meanus R. GOOCH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant-Appellee

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• holding that ALJ’s use of the word “‘impairments’ (plural)” after reviewing claimant’s medical records was a sufficient indication that the ALJ had considered the combined effects of claimant’s impairments
• noting that an ALJ should consider the entire record, combination of impairments, and that requiring a more elaborate articulation would not be reasonable
• explaining that “the fact that each element of the record was discussed individually hardly suggests that the totality of the record was not considered” when the ALJ explained that he had reviewed the entire record
• “[T]he fact that each element of the record was discussed individually hardly suggests that the totality of the record was not considered.”
• “we will not normally substitute our impressions on the veracity of a witness for those of the trier of fact”
• “The ALJ’s decision . . . was made after a ‘thorough review of the medical evidence of record,” and the fact that each [impairment] was discussed individually hardly suggests that the totality of the record was not considered.”

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