Legal Opinion
Cecilio Hidalgo v. Otis R. Bowen, Secretary of Health and Human Services of the United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 26, 1987No. 854, Docket 86-6095PublishedCited by 88 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:
For 15 years when reviewing the grant or denial of disability benefit claims, we in this Circuit have consistently adhered to the treating physician rule. Yet, insofar as can be discerned from this record the Secretary of Health and Human Services has not heeded this message. Even though he avows that the administrative rule is in complete conformity with ours, the adjudicators — who decide these disability benefit claims — must live in an administrative “never-never” land because they appear never to have heard of the treating physician rule. Thus, because once again…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Ermano Valente v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1984
- Johnson v. BowenCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1987
- Herbert Carroll v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1983
- Walter E. Parker v. Patricia Roberts Harris, Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980
- Minnie Gold v. The Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972
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3Cited by88 opinions
- Edwind F. PRATTS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Shirley S. CHATER, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1996
- Rosado v. SullivanDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1992
- Eugenio CRUZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Louis W. SULLIVAN, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1990
- Doris ALSTON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Louis W. SULLIVAN, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1990
- Schisler v. SullivanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1993
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