In the Matter of Keystone Township v. Red Lake Watershed District, Paul Novacek, et ...

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• explaining that “supportability and consistency are the most important” factors in evaluating persuasiveness of a medical opinion
• acknowledging that the ALJ does not need to find any single medical opinion persuasive but finding still that the “ALJ erred because she misinterpreted the medical and lay evidence, failing to appreciate the consistent narrative that it provides”
• acknowledging that the ALJ does not need to find any single medical opinion persuasive but finding still that the “ALJ erred because she misinterpreted the medical and lay evidence, failing to appreciate the consistent narrative that it provides”
• when evaluating persuasiveness of clinic supervisor's opinion, ALJ should have considered its consistency with treatment notes from other members of Plaintiff's care team
• remand warranted where ALJ misconstrued treating physician’s “role in [the claimant’s] care and the evidence that was available to him” to support “the opinion he expressed,” which tainted ALJ’s assessment of the opinion and the record as a whole
• “The explicit language of that regulation requires that an ALJ consider and articulate ‘how persuasive the SSA finds all of the medical opinions and all of the prior administrative medical findings in the claimant’s case record.’” (quoting 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520c(b)

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