Raymond v. Astrue’s Empirical Analysis
621 F.3d 1269 · 2009
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 423 (§ 223 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Trimiar v. Sullivan · Hackett v. Barnhart · Hamlin v. Barnhart · Grogan v. Barnhart · Flaherty v. Astrue
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“When evaluating the opinion of a treating physician, the ALJ must follow a sequential analysis. In the first step of this analysis, he should consider whether the opinion is well supported by medically acceptable clinical and laboratory diagnostic techniques and is consistent with the other substantial evidence in the record. If the answer to both these questions is “yes,” he must give the opinion controlling weight. But even if he determines that the treating physician’s opinion is not entitled to controlling weight, the ALJ must then consider whether the opinion should be rejected altogether or assigned some lesser weight.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Butler v. Astrue
How this case has been treated — in progress
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