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upholding decision to accord retrospective treating source opinion little weight when it was "not supported by any clinical observations" and was inconsistent with other evidence, including the opinion of an agency nonexamining consultant that there was no medical evidence establishing the existence of a medically determinable impairment during the period at issue
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1:13-cv-00317-JAW
10-27-2014
THOMAS R. COUTU, Plaintiff, v. CAROLYN W. COLVIN, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant.
ORDER AFFIRMING THE RECOMMENDED DECISION OF THE MAGISTRATE JUDGE
The United States Magistrate Judge filed with the Court on September 26, 2014 his Recommended Decision (ECF No. 24). The Plaintiff filed his objections to the Recommended Decision on October 10, 2014 (ECF No. 25) and the Defendant filed her response to the objections on October 24, 2014 (ECF No. 26). I have reviewed and considered the Magistrate Judge's Recommended Decision, together with the entire record; I have made a de novo determination of all matters adjudicated by the Magistrate Judge's Recommended Decision; and I concur with the recommendations of the United States Magistrate Judge for the reasons set forth in his Recommended Decision, and determine that no further proceeding is necessary.
1. It is therefore ORDERED that the Recommended Decision of the Magistrate Judge is hereby AFFIRMED.
2. It is further ORDERED that the Plaintiff's Motion to Remand (ECF No. 20) be and hereby is DENIED.
SO ORDERED.
/s/ John A. Woodcock, Jr.
JOHN A. WOODCOCK, JR.
CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Dated this 27th day of October, 2014