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· 4/22/1999

William L. Albright v. Commissioner of the Social Security Administration

Citations

  • 174 F.3d 473
  • 1999 U.S. App. LEXIS 7802
  • 1999 WL 235973

How courts have described this case

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  • explaining that the Commissioner must show “substantial evidence of improvement in [the claimant’s] condition” to depart from prior, more favorable RFC
  • clarifying , 820 F.2d 1391 (4th Cir. 1987), and explaining how findings from a previously adjudicated disability claim should be evaluated in a subsequent claim
  • interpreting Lively v. Secretary of Health & Human Servs., 820 F.2d 1391 (4th Cir. 1987)
  • interpreting Lively v. Secretary of HHS, 820 F.2d 1391 (4th Cir. 1987)
  • noting Plaintiff’s “mild pain during the physical exam of his right shoulder”
  • “Absent such evidence, however, common sense and logic dictated that Lively's physical condition was unlikely to have improved significantly within two weeks.”

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Judges: King

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