Ramona PEREZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Shirley S. CHATER, Commissioner of Social Security Administration, Defendant-Appellee

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• noting that a “hearing on disability benefits is a non-adversarial proceeding,” and as such, “the ALJ generally has an affirmative obligation to develop the administrative record”
• the ALJ is not required to obtain additional evidence when the record is “adequate for [the ALJ] to make a determination as to disability.”
• \An AU is not required to consult a medical expert to determine whether a plaintiff meets a listing.\
• “This duty exists even when the claimant is represented by counsel or, as here, by a paralegal.”
• “A hearing on disability benefits is a non-adversarial proceeding,” and as such, “the ALJ generally has an affirmative obligation to develop the administrative record.”
• “[T]he ALJ generally has an affirmative obligation to develop the administrative record. This duty exists even when the claimant is represented by counsel.”

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