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· 9/7/2012

Robert Filus v. Michael Astrue

Citations

  • 694 F.3d 863
  • 2012 WL 3990651
  • 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 18806

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that an ALJ may rely on a reviewing doctor’s opinion that is not contradicted by any medical source.
  • holding that ALJ did not err in accepting agency opinions when no other physician contradicted then
  • concluding that, where no physician contradicted state agency reviewing physicians’ opinions that plaintiff did not meet or medically equal any listed impairment, ALJ did not err in accepting them
  • finding that state agency physicians’ opinions that a claimant did not meet or medically equal any listed impairment constituted substantial evidence supporting the ALJ’s conclusion
  • finding that State Agency physicians’ opinions that a claimant did not meet or medically equal any listed impairment constituted substantial evidence supporting the ALJ’s conclusion
  • finding that state agency physicians’ opinions that a claimant did not meet or medically equal any listed impairment constituted substantial evidence supporting the ALJ’s conclusion

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Judges: Posner, Rovner, Wood

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