Shinn v. Commissioner of Social Security

How courts have described this case

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• finding the statement above from Wilkinson on behalf of Wilkinson, requiring “specific medical findings,” to be dicta
• rejecting rebanee on two state agency opinions where the opinions were “based on woefully incomplete evidence” in that they were made without knowledge of testimony by plaintiffs mother about her condition
• “If the Commissioner’s decision is supported by substantial evidence we must affirm, even if the proof preponderates against it.” (quoting Miles v. Chater, 84 F.3d 1397, 1400 (11th Cir.1996))
• because agency physicians were not privy to the many crises for which claimant had not been hospitalized, their opinions were “based on woefully incomplete evidence” and should not have been accorded significant weight
• Discussion showing that the “meet,” “medically equal,” and “functionally equivalent” inquiries are distinct.
• explaining the three-step sequential evaluation process for children

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).