Roger Holmstrom v. Larry G. Massanari, 1 Commissioner of Social Security Administration

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• recognizing that “the checklist format, generality, and incompleteness of the assessments limit their evidentiary value”
• holding that treating physician’s opinion deserves no controlling weight when it merely consists of vague and conclusory statements
• recognizing that such checklist forms are entitled to limited “evidentiary value”
• fining that a hypothetical question posed to a vocational expert cannot constitute substantial evidence when the evidence is based on an improper RFC
• finding that the fact the plaintiff was prescribed increasing doses of antidepressants indicated depression was not in remission
• finding that the fact the plaintiff was prescribed increasing doses of antidepressants indicated depression was not in remission

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).