Seventh Circuit· 1/21/2011

Punzio v. Astrue

Citations

630 F.3d 704
2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 1181
2011 WL 183976

How courts have described this case

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

holding that an ALJ must provide a “sound explanation” for rejecting a treating source’s opinion
holding that “the fact that relevant evidence has been solicited by the claimant or her representative is not a sufficient justification to belittle or ignore that evidence”
holding that an ALJ could not “cherry-pick” the record to reach his desired outcome
stating that “[t]he claimant bears the burden of submitting medical evidence establishing [his] impairments and [his] residual functional capacity.”
finding that a temporary “snapshot of any single moment” shows little about a claimant’s “overall condition”
explaining that a treating physician “may bend over backwards to assist a patient in obtaining benefits”

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Judges: Posner, Rovner, Tinder

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