Wanda S. FLATEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant-Appellee

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• noting that reports solicited to buttress a case after a negative ALJ decision are less persuasive
• stating that the minimal treatment afforded to claimant’s impairment “fully supported] the ALJ’s decision to discredit [claimant’s] testimony and find that her impairment during the intervening period had not rendered her disabled before the expiration of her insured status”
• rejecting a relation-back interpretation of the statutory eligibility provisions and holding that a claimant must establish continuous disability
• “If the evidence can reasonably support either affirming or reversing the Secretary’s conclusion, the court may not substitute its judgment for that of the Secretary.”
• “If the evidence can reasonably support either affirming or reversing the Secretary’s conclusion, the court may not substitute its judgment for that of the Secretary.”
• an ALJ is 14 entitled to discount a doctor’s assessments that are based upon the claimant’s own reports

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