Zaitschek v. Empire Blue Cross & Blue Shield

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 “properly cited” the plaintiff’s “conservative treatment plan” as a “factor[] that undermined her claim of severe disabling conditions”
• holding that an ALJ may discount a treating doctor’s assessment if it is a check-box format and inconsistent with the record
• holding an opinion was of little evidentiary value because it was rendered on a check box form
• finding that a doctor’s opinion “rendered on a check-box and fill-in-the-blank form” is “entitled to relatively little evidentiary value on its face”
• noting that activities of daily living are one factor an ALJ can consider
• noting that, notwithstanding a claimant’s fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue diagnoses, the objective medical evidence showing normal physical examination findings, including normal strength, 10 reflexes, and gait, contradicted a medical provider’s checklist opinion indicating disabling limitations

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).