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· 6/26/2012

Chapo v. Astrue

Citations

  • 682 F.3d 1285
  • 2012 WL 2384354
  • 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 13069

How courts have described this case

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

  • concluding that the ALJ “properly gave no weight to [a] conclusory form, which lacked any functional findings”
  • holding that “ALJ properly gave no weight to [a] conclusory form, which lacked any functional findings”
  • holding that an RFC finding need not directly correspond to a specific medical 6 opinion
  • holding that “ALJ properly gave no weight to [a] conclusory form, which lacked any functional findings”
  • holding that “there is no requirement in the regulations for a direct correspondence between an RFC finding and a specific medical opinion on the functional capacity in question”
  • holding that while a limited treating relationship may be a valid reason for not giving controlling 28 weight to the opinion of a treating physician, “it is not by itself a basis for rejecting them”

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Judges: Briscoe, Porfilio, Murphy

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