TALAT E. SULTAN, — v. JO ANNE B. BARNHART, COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, —

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• holding that there is no need to recontact a treating physician where the ALJ can determine from the record whether the applicant is disabled
• ALJ may order consultative examination if available evidence does not provide adequate basis for deciding disability claim
• Commissioner may rely on VE’s response to properly formulated hypothetical question to meet burden of showing that jobs exist in significant numbers that person with claimant’s RFC can perform
• an ALJ may be required to develop the record by, among other things, recontacting medical sources or ordering consultative evaluations, but only if the available evidence does not provide an adequate basis for determining the merits of the disability claim
• an ALJ may be required to develop the record by, among other things, re-contacting medical sources or ordering consultative evaluations, but only if the available evidence does not provide an adequate basis for determining the merits of the disability claim
• schizophrenia severe but not disabling at Step 5

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