Armstrong v. Barnhart

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• explaining that “playing doctor” occurs when an ALJ draws medial conclusions without relying on evidence for it
• explaining that “playing doctor” occurs when an ALJ draws medical conclusions without relying on evidence for it
• explaining that “playing doctor” arises when an ALJ either rejects a physician’s conclusion with citing evidence or when the ALJ draws medical conclusions without relying on evidence for it
• noting that “playing doctor” ordinarily arises when an ALJ either rejects a doctor’s conclusion without citing counter-evidence or when the ALJ draws medical conclusions without relying on evidence for it
• “Our review of the record indicates that the ALJ was not ‘playing doctor,’ but performing his duty to consider and weigh the evidence.”
• “Our review of the record indicates that the ALJ was not ‘playing doctor,’ but performing his duty to consider and weigh the evidence.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).