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· 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

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • 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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