Opinion ID: 168760
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Heading: Com bined Effect of Impairments

Text: M s. M eraou complains that none of the consultants was asked to address Dr. W elden’s conclusion that it is the combination of M s. M eraou’s impairments that has made her disabled. She contends that by asking many different specialists about her various conditions, the Committee evaluated each of her -16- disabling conditions in a “vacuum,” an indicator of bad faith. Aplt. Opening Br. at 27. But there is no reason to doubt that the Committee’s decision was based on consideration of a combination of M s. M eraou’s conditions. M oreover, given the absence of sufficient evidence (in the view of the individual specialists) of functional limitations resulting from any of her conditions, it would be eminently reasonable to infer that the combination of her conditions w ould not result in disability.