Roy W. LUNA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Donna E. SHALALA, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee

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• concluding that ALJ appropriately discounted conflicting medical report when it lacked minimal detail and was “cursory in the extreme”
• holding that based on claimant's testimony, hand restrictions did not significantly impact ability to perform full range of sedentary work
• holding that the record is full and fair when the ALJ probes into all of the relevant areas of the claimant’s disability claim
• holding that ALJ sufficiently developed record by probing all relevant issues, extensively questioning claimant about his pain, medication, and activities, and reviewing available medical records
• holding that if the objective medical evidence does not support the alleged extent of pain, \the ALJ must obtain detailed descriptions of claimant's daily activities by directing specific inquiries about the pain and its effects to the claimant.\
• finding that medical records dated eight months prior to the hearing did not need to be updated to support claims of pain and movement restrictions

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