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171777P.pdf   07/10/2018  Chantel Courtney  v.  Commissioner, Social Security
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  17-1777
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis   
[PUBLISHED] [Smith, Author, with Melloy and Shepherd, Circuit Judges] Civil case - Social Security. The applicable regulations (SSR 00-4p) do not impose a duty on the ALJ to obtain a reasonable explanation when the Vocational Expert simply testifies to information which, while not in the Dictionary of Occupational Titles, does not conflict with the Dictionary; here, the ALJ described claimant's limitations to the Vocational Expert, who responded with possible jobs, and there was no conflict between the VE's testimony and the Dictionary; the ALJ was entitled, therefore, to rely on the testimony and conclude claimant was not disabled.