Topic: while the treating physician's opinion is important, it is … · Go Syfert
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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 30 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Dweaine BOOKS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Shirley S. CHATER, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee.

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1 Dweaine BOOKS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Shirley S. CHATER, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee Anchor
ca7 · 1996
green “while the treating physician's opinion is important, it is not the final word on a claimant's disability.” 19
2 Schaaf v. Astrue
ca7 · 2010
green “the regulations state that an alj must give a treating physician's opinion controlling weight if two conditions are met: (1) the opinion is supported by 'medically acceptable clinical and laboratory diagnostic techniques ,' and (2) it is 'not inconsistent' with substantial evide…” 11

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