White v. Shipley

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• concluding that opinions of physician’s assistant and nurse practitioner “do not demand the same deference as those of a treating physician”
• noting that “the ALJ was free to discount [a treating provider’s] assessment accordingly in favor of the objective findings of other medical doctors[]”
• holding ALJ was free to discount medical assessments made by physician’s assistant and nurse practitioner in favor of objective findings of medical doctors
• explaining that the ALJ may “discount” other source opinions “in favor of the objective findings of other medical doctors”
• noting that the regulations recognize that treating physicians “are likely to be the medical professionals most likely to provide a detailed, longitudinal picture of ... medical impairment” (quoting 20 C.F.R. § 416.927(d)(2))
• noting that the regulations recognize that treating physicians “are likely to be the medical professionals most likely to provide a detailed, longitudinal picture of ... medical impairment” (quoting 20 C.F.R. § 416.927(d)(2))

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