Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Williams' Administrator

How courts have described this case

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• stating that “[i]t is well established that teacher questionnaires are considered valid ‘other source’ opinions”
• stating that “[i]t is well established that teacher questionnaires are considered valid ‘other source’ opinions”
• \the ALJ is not obligated in a social security disability benefits case to explicitly reconcile every conflicting shred of medical testimony[.]\
• “Licensed clinical social workers are not considered acceptable medical sources . . . and their opinions are therefore not entitled to controlling weight.”
• “[T]he ALJ is free to decide that the opinions of other sources are entitled to no weight or little weight, though those decisions should be explained.” (emphasis added)
• “It is well settled that an ALJ is entitled to rely upon the opinions of the State Agency’s medical and psychological consultants, since they are qualified experts in the field of Social Security.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).