Kathleen J. Papesh v. Carolyn W. Colvin

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a treating physician’s opinion “may have limited weight if it provides conclusory statements only, or is inconsistent with the record”
• holding that a treating physician’s opinion “may have limited weight if it provides conclusory statements only, or is inconsistent with the record”
• providing that a reviewing court should “disturb the ALJ’s decision only if it falls outside the available zone of choice”
• finding that the failure by a treating physician to provide an explanation for opinions reflected in a checklist form is grounds for discounting the weight to afford such an opinion
• noting that an opinion given in a checklist format is of limited evidentiary value
• allowing courts to order payment of benefits only where the “record overwhelmingly supports” a disability finding

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).