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finding no error in ALJ determination that the VA's disability determination of "total disability" should be accorded less weight based on the "substantial differences in the criteria used by the VA in making disability evaluations as compared to disability decisions under the Social Security Act"
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CASE NO. 1:11cv23-MP-GRJ
03-09-2012
TERRY JENKINS, Plaintiff, v. MICHAEL J. ASTRUE, Defendant.
ORDER
This cause comes on for consideration upon the magistrate judge's Report and Recommendation dated February 8, 2012. (Doc. 18). The parties have been furnished a copy of the Report and Recommendation and have been afforded an opportunity to file objections pursuant to Title 28, United States Code, Section 636(b)(1). I have made a de novo determination of any timely filed objections.
Having considered the Report and Recommendation, and any objections thereto timely filed, I have determined that the Report and Recommendation should be adopted.
Accordingly, it is now ORDERED as follows:
1. The magistrate judge's Report and Recommendation is adopted and incorporated by reference in this order.
2. The final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security, denying Plaintiff's applications for a period of disability and disability insurance benefits and supplemental income benefits, is AFFIRMED.
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M. CASEY RODGERS
CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE