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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MAINE

JEAN COFFIN, Plaintiff v. MICHAEL J. ASTRUE, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant

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Civil No. 09-487-P-S

REPORT AND RECOMMENDED DECISION 1

The plaintiff in this Social Security Disability ("SSD") appeal contends that the administrative law judge committed reversible error by failing to give reasons for rejecting the opinion of a former treating physician, applying an incorrect legal standard, and making two findings that were not supported by substantial evidence. I recommend that the court affirm the commissioner's decision. In accordance with the commissioner's sequential evaluation process, 20 C.F.R.

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