Velazquez v. Barnhart

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• remand required where ALJ credited a psychiatric opinion “based on a review of a cold, medical record”
• remand required where ALJ credited a psychiatric opinion “based on a review of a cold, medical record”
• “A psychiatric opinion based on a face-to-face interview with the patient is more reliable than an opinion | based on a review of a cold, medical record.”’
• “In the context of a psychiatric disability diagnosis, it is improper to rely on the opinion of a non-treating, non-examining doctor because the inherent subjectivity of a psychiatric diagnosis requires the physician rendering the diagnosis to personally observe the patient.”
• “In the context of a psychiatric disability diagnosis, it is improper to rely on the opinion of a non-treating, non-examining doctor because the inherent subjectivity of a psychiatric diagnosis requires the physician rendering the diagnosis to personally observe the patient.”
• “In the context of a psychiatric disability diagnosis, it is improper to rely on the opinion of a non-treating, non-examining doctor because the inherent subjectivity of a psychiatric diagnosis requires the physician rendering the diagnosis to personally observe the patient.”

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