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May 21, 2021) (finding that ALJ erred by elevating own personal view and “improperly undermin[ing]” the treating physicians); see also Smith v. Colvin, 218 F. Supp. 3d 168, 174 (E.D.N.Y. 2016) (finding the ALJ erred by elevating his personal view of the medical evidence over the treating physician’s opinion).

See Balsamo v. Chater, 142 F.3d 75, 81 (2d Cir.1998) (“[A]n ALJ must rely on the medical findings contained within the record and cannot make his own diagnosis without substantial medical evidence to support his opinion.”); see also Smith v. Colvin, 218 F.Supp.3d 168, 174 (E.D.N.Y. 2016) (finding the ALJ erred by elevating his personal view of the medical evidence over the treating physician’s opinion); Oatman v. Comm’r of Soc.

See Balsamo v. Chater, 142 F.3d 75, 81 (2d Cir.1998) (“[A]n ALJ must rely on the medical findings contained within the record and cannot make his own diagnosis without substantial medical evidence to support his opinion.”); see also Smith v. Colvin, 218 F.Supp.3d 168, 174 (E.D.N.Y. 2016) (finding the ALJ erred by elevating his personal view of the medical evidence over the treating physician’s opinion); Oatman v. Comm’r of Soc.

Sept. 12, 2018) (citation omitted), and he “cannot arbitrarily substitute his own judgment for competent medical opinion.” Rosa v. Callahan, 168 F.3d 72, 79 (2d Cir. 1999) (citations omitted); see also Smith v. Colvin, 218 F. Supp. 3d 168, 174 (E.D.N.Y. 2016) (the ALJ improperly “relied on his own lay critique of the record evidence” when he rejected the treating physician’s opinion).