Quintana v. Commissioner’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
8 district ·
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Applies 28 U.S.C. § 636
Relies on Richardson v. Perales · Rodriguez v. Secretary of Health & Human Services · Ortiz v. Secretary of Health & Human Services · Heggarty v. Sullivan · Berrios Lopez v. Secretary of Health & Human Services
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“Although we have encouraged the Commissioner to obtain a residual functional capacity report from an examining consultant, Rive ra-Torres v. Sec’y of HHS, 837 F.2d 4, 6 (1st Cir.1988), reports from nonexamining, nontestifying consultants are “entitled to evidentia-ry weight, which ‘will vary with the circumstances,’ ” Berrios Lopez v. Sec’y of HHS, 951 F.2d 427, 431 (1st Cir.1991) (per curiam) (quoting Rodriguez, 647 F.2d at 223). Greater reliance on such reports is warranted where, as here, the nonexamining consultants, Hilario De La Iglesia, Ph.D., and Luis R. Vecchini, M.D., who prepared the mental residual functional capacity report, reviewed the reports of examining and treating doctors before doing so and supported their conclusions with reference to medical findings. See Berrios Lopez, 951 F.2d at 431 .”
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