· 6/2/2015
Gina Britton v. Carolyn W. Colvin
Citations
- 787 F.3d 1011
- 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 9134
- 2015 WL 3461472
How courts have described this case
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- holding that nurse practitioners are “other sources” rather than 8 acceptable medical sources, and an ALJ need only provide germane reasons to 9 discount their opinions
- holding nurse practitioners are “other 7 sources” rather than acceptable medical sources, so an ALJ need only provide germane reasons 8 to discount their opinions
- finding that inconsistencies 13 with activities is a germane reason for rejecting a statement
- finding that an ALJ need not 4 include limitations caused by claimant’s migraines, because the only evidence in the record that 5 established such limitations was plaintiff’s self-report, and her doctor’s record of her self-report, 6 which the ALJ properly discounted
- conflict with opinion of acceptable medical source a germane reason
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Judges: Kleinfeld, Gould, Christen
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