Joyce Jones v. Michael Astrue, Commissioner

JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

The Commissioner of Social Security determined that Joyce Jones was ineligible for disability benefits, and the district court agreed. On appeal, Jones argues that the administrative law judge (“ALJ”) improperly disregarded evidence from one of her treating physicians without re-contacting him to obtain further documentation. Because (1) the ALJ had no duty to re-contact that physician where the record contained sufficient evidence from other physicians and (2) any error was harmless even if the ALJ were required to re-contact the doctor, we affirm.

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Jones applied…