Wyatt Q. SMITH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee

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• holding that three doctors’ medical evaluations, occurring some three to nine years after the expiration of the insured status, were “relevant to an evaluation 27 of the pre-expiration condition”
• holding that three doctors’ medical evaluations, occurring some three to nine years 14 after the expiration of the insured status, were “relevant to an evaluation of the 15 pre-expiration condition”
• holding that medical 10 opinions that post-date the DLI may nonetheless be relevant to determining whether a claimant 11 was disabled before the DLI, and cannot be disregarded solely because they post-date the DLI
• noting that “[i]t is obvious that medical reports are inevitably rendered retrospectively and should not be disregarded solely on that basis”
• holding 19 “reports containing observations made after the period for disability” that retrospectively 20 analyze the claimant’s pre-expiration condition “are relevant to assess the claimant’s 21 disability.”
• holding “reports containing observations 11 made after the period for disability” that retrospectively analyze the claimant’s pre- 12 expiration condition “are relevant to assess the claimant’s disability.”

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