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ARGUED MARCH 30, 2010

Before POSNER, ROVNER, and TINDER, Circuit Judges.

Patricia Punzio has suffered from mental illness for most of her adult life, but an administrative law judge rejected her application for disability benefits on the ground that her treating psychiatrist’s opinion about her mental limitations conflicts with the other medical evidence. To the contrary, however, the treating psychiatrist’s opinion is well supported not only by her own observations of Punzio but also by the record as a whole. And because a vocational expert confirmed that the mental limitations identified by the psychiatrist would preclude Punzio from working at any job, the only possible outcome was a finding that she is disabled. We reverse the district court’s judgment in favor of the Commissioner of Social Security and remand the case to the agency for an award of benefits.

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