Marjorie H. Hofslien v. Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Commissioner of Social Security

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• explaining that the advantage a “treating physician has over other physicians ... is that he has spent more time with the claimant”
• administrative law judge determines how much weight to give various medical opinions and court will uphold that decision if it is supported by substantial evidence
• administrative law judge determines how much weight to give various medical opinions and court will uphold that decision if it is supported by substantial evidence
• “[T]he weight properly to be given to testimony or other evidence of a treating physician depends on circumstances.”
• “[O]nce well-supported contradicting evidence is introduced, the treating physician’s evidence is no longer entitled to controlling weight.”
• “[O]nce well-supported contradicting evidence is introduced, the treating physician’s evidence is no longer entitled to controlling weight.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).