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053964P.pdf 08/11/2006 Larry D. Choate v. Jo Anne B. Barnhart
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 05-3964
Western District of Missouri
[PUBLISHED] [Colloton, Author, with Arnold, Circuit Judge and Bogue,
District Judge]
Civil Case - social security. Decision denying disability insurance and
supplemental security income benefits is affirmed, as substantial evidence
supports decision to that claimant retains the residual functional capacity
to perform work in the national economy. The ALJ did not err in
discrediting opinions of treating physicians that were internally
inconsistent and unsupported by the record or err in properly assessing
claimant's credibility. ALJ properly applied Polaski factors.