Oscar W. Janka v. Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare

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• one-sentence diagnosis report properly rejected where it was not corroborated by “clinical or laboratory findings” and “the basis for the diagnosis [was] not revealed.”
• complete deference to physician’s conclusion abdicates ALJ’s decision-making power
• Secretary can discount unsupported medical opinions
• medical opinion unsupported by the record
• medical opinion unsupported by the record

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