Neva SPELLMAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Donna E. SHALALA, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee

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• affirming ALJ’s finding that Plaintiff could perform sedentary work because treating physician’s opinion was inconsistent with evidence of Plaintiff’s everyday activities
• endorsing rejection of treating physician’s opinion where inconsistent with substantial evidence
• Commissioner need not give controlling weight to treating physician's opinion if it is inconsistent with other evidence in the record
• “The Appeals Council acted within its discretion in rejecting the treating physician’s opinion that Spellman could not perform sedentary work, because Dr. Davis’s opinion was inconsistent with the other substantial evidence in the record.”
• “The Appeals Council acted within its discretion in rejecting the treating physician’s opinion that [the claimant] could not perform sedentary work, because [the treating physician’s] opinion was inconsistent with the other substantial evidence in the record.”

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