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072148P.pdf   07/07/2008  Glen Lamp  v.  Michael J. Astrue
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  07-2148
   U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa - Davenport   
   [PUBLISHED] [Smith, Author, with Wollman and Bright, Circuit Judges]
   Civil case - Social Security. While an ALJ cannot based his decision
   solely on his observations, the ALJ did not err in including his own
   observations as one of the several factors he considered; the court could
   not determine from the Appeals Council's decision whether it had
   considered an undated letter from the claimant's treating physician, and
   the matter is remanded for further proceedings.