Crum v. Commissioner of Social Security

On my reading of the record, although the ALJ identified Dr. Bell as Crum’s primary care physician, she did not “give good reasons” for the limited weight she afforded Dr. Bell’s 2012 opinion. See 20 C.F.R. §§ 404.1502, 404.1527(c)(2). More than “simply a formality,” this procedural requirement of the treating physician rule protects a claimant’s ability to understand the disposition of his case and allows for meaningful judicial review of disability determinations. Wilson v. Comm’r of Soc. Sec., 378 F.3d 541, 544-45 (6th Cir. 2004); see also Cole v. Astrue, 661 F.3d 931, 937 (6th Cir. 2011)…