Patricia GREENSPAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Donna E. SHALALA, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee

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• stating that treating physician’s opinions and diagnoses “should be accorded considerable weight,” but “are far from conclusive”
• noting that good cause for affording little weight to a medical opinion is presented when the opinion is brief and conclusory or unsupported by the record
• affirming ALJ’s decision to disregard the opinion of a treating physician that was “conclusory” and “contradicted by both itself and outside medical evidence”
• noting in applying the substantial evidence standard, a reviewing court does not reweigh the evidence, retry the issues, or substitute its own judgment
• noting in applying the substantial evidence standard, a reviewing court does not reweigh the evidence, retry the issues, or substitute its own judgment
• affirming determination, based in part on testimony of vocational expert, that claimant was able to perform past relevant work

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