Overman v. Astrue

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• noting that ALJ may give expert testimony precedence when her knowledge and experience exceed the Dictionary
• noting that “SSR 00-4p requires only that the ALJ investigate and resolve apparent conflicts between the VE’s evidence and the DOT”
• underscoring that a VE’s testimony can satisfy the Commissioner’s Step 4 Compare AR 68 (ALJ presenting hypothetical individual who “[c]an occasionally reach overhead with the right extremity and frequently reach in all other directions; . . . .”
• finding an apparent conflict where the VE gave different answers regarding whether jobs were available for similar hypotheticals on direct and cross examination
• reiterating claimant’s persuasive burden at step five since “SSR 00-4p requires only that the ALJ investigate and resolve apparent conflicts between the VE's evidence and the DOT”
• remanding where “ALJ’s ruling was premised entirely on testimony that conflicted with the DOT”

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