Fisher Flouring Mills Co. v. United States

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• finding that the ALJ is free to reject evidence obtained after an adverse administrative 17 decision
• ALJ may accord opinions of other sources less weight than those of acceptable medical sources
• “Acceptable 12 medical sources specifically include licensed physicians and licensed psychologists, but not nurse 13 practitioners.”
• a nurse practitioner could be 24 considered a medically acceptable source where she worked under a 25 physician’s close supervision such that she acted as the physician’s 26 agent
• “acceptable medical sources” include, among others, licensed 9 physicians and licensed or certified psychologists
• doctor and nurse practitioner working with him shared same opinion

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