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Parties Involved:
Louis W. Sullivan
Appellee
Charles W. Tucker
Appellant

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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 

TENTH CIRCUIT 

UN 2 2 1990 

&OBERT I.... HOECKER 

Clerk 

CHARLES W. TUCKER, ) 

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Plaintiff-Appellant, ) 

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LOUIS W. SULLIVAN, M. D. ) 

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Defendant-Appellee. ) 

No. 89-3322 

(D.C. No. 88-1371) 

(District of Kansas) 

ORDER AND JUDGMENT* 

Before ANDERSON, BALDOCK and EBEL, Circuit Judges 

After examining the briefs and appellate record, this panel 

has determined unanimously that oral argument would not materially 

assist the determination of this appeal. See Fed. R. App. P. 

34(a); 10th Cir. R. 34.1.9. 

submitted without oral argument. 

The cause is therefore ordered 

Charles w. Tucker appeals an order of the federal district 

court affirming the decision of the Secretary of Health and Human 

Services that Tucker was not entitled to disability benefits under 

Title II of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 401 et seq. For 

reasons that are substantially the same as those set forth in 

*This order and judgment has no precedential value and shall not 

be cited, or used by any court within the Tenth Circuit, except 

for purposes of establishing the doctrines of the law of the case, 

res judicata, or collateral estoppel. 10th Cir. R. 36.3. 

Appellate Case: 89-3322 Document: 010110036917 Date Filed: 06/22/1990 Page: 1 
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the decision of the Administrative Law Judge ("ALJ") and the 

district court, we affirm. We emphasize that the claimant's 

testimony of the existence of a severe disability as of 

September 1, 1984 must be supported by medical evidence and that 

it is within the authority of the ALJ to reject the conclusory 

opinion of Dr. Allen McLain on this point when Dr. McLain did not 

examine the client until 1986 and was only speculating as to the 

extent of Tucker's medical problems two years earlier. See Bernal 

v. Bowen, 851 F.2d 197 (10th Cir. 1988) (citing Frey v. Bowen, 816 · 

F.2d 508, 513 (10th Cir. 1987)). 

AFFIRMED. The mandate shall issue f o rthwith. 

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ENTERED FOR THE COURT 

Stephen H. Anderson 

Circuit Judge 

Appellate Case: 89-3322 Document: 010110036917 Date Filed: 06/22/1990 Page: 2