Sonya Hunter v. Social Security Administration, Commissioner

How courts have described this case

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• holding that “[g]ood cause exists ‘where the doctor’s opinion was not bolstered by the evidence, or where the evidence supported a contrary finding.’”
• concluding that ALJ’s rationale for assigning less weight to treating physician’s opinion, based on his finding that the opinion was inconsistent with medical records and other evidence, was adequate
• noting that “[a] decision is not evidence any more than evidence is a decision[,]” though indicating the evidence supporting the other decision could be relevant
• “In determining whether substantial evidence supports a decision, we give great deference to the ALJ’s factfindings.”
• “In determining whether substantial evidence supports a decision, we give great deference to the ALJ’s fact findings.”
• “In determining whether substantial evidence supports a decision, we give great deference to the ALJ’s factfindings.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).