Langley v. Astrue

How courts have described this case

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• providing a thorough analysis of why the Commissioner does not bear the burden of establishing a claimant’s RFC
• finding AC erred in denying review where claimant submitted new evidence from treating psychiatrist
• “The Commissioner’s regulations do not require the ALJ to base his RFC finding on an RFC assessment from a medical source.”
• “The court has reviewed the case law in the First Circuit establishing the rule requiring an RFC assessment from a physician (“First Circuit Rule”) and concludes that it is based upon regulations that have been superseded.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).