Casey v. Astrue

How courts have described this case

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• concluding that an ALJ did not err in relying on the opinion of a physician who reviewed the medical evidence where the opinion was consistent with the available medical evidence
• recognizing an ALJ may properly rely on a state agency medical consultant’s opinion over the unsupported opinions of treating and examining physicians
• noting that “conclusory opinions not backed by medically acceptable clinical and laboratory diagnostic data carry limited weight in the disability analysis”
• recognizing an ALJ may properly rely on a state agency medical consultant’s opinion over the unsupported opinions of treating and examining physicians
• noting that the claimant sought treatment “far less frequently than one would expect based on the [symptoms] that [he] alleged”
• noting that the claimant sought treatment “far less frequently than one would expect based on the [symptoms] that [he] alleged”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).