· 12/9/1991
Victor J. Irlanda Ortiz v. Secretary of Health and Human Services
Citations
- 955 F.2d 765
- 1991 U.S. App. LEXIS 31789
- 1991 WL 314210
How courts have described this case
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- ruling that claimant’s failure to seek treatment was evidence that his pain was not as unrelenting as he claimed
- holding that gaps in the medical evidence -26- constitute “evidence” and that such gaps conflict with claims of “unrelenting pain”
- holding that gaps in the medical evidence constitute \evidence\ and that such gaps conflict with claims of \unrelenting pain\
- holding that gaps in claimant’s medical record may be considered as evidence that an injury is not as severe as alleged
- holding that a court “must uphold the [Commissioner’s] findings ...ifa reasonable mind, reviewing the evidence as a whole, could accept it as adequate to support his conclusion.”
- holding that a court “must uphold the [Commissioner’s] findings. . . if a reasonable mind, reviewing the evidence as a whole, could accept it as adequate to support his conclusion.”
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Judges: Campbell, Torruella, Cyr
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