Legal Opinion
Willie GARRISON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Margaret HECKLER, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 25, 1985No. 84-1811PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Stephens v. Heckler, — F.2d-No. 84-1994 (7th Cir. June 21, 1985), holds that when physicians who have examined a claimant for disability benefits disagree about the severity of the claimant’s impairment, the administrative agency rationally may give greater weight to the opinion of a consulting physician because the consulting physician may bring to the case something the treating physician lacks. In Stephens the consulting physicians were specialists able to assess the claimant’s case in light of their greater knowledge about similar cases and so assist the agency…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Richardson v. PeralesSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Mathews v. EldridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Mathews v. WeberSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Heckler v. CampbellSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Kathy Thomas v. Dorothy ArnCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1984
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3Cited by49 opinions
- Josefa DELGADO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
- Wallace E. Ehrhart v. Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
- Boyd L. SORENSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1989
- The Provident Bank, an Ohio Corporation v. Manor Steel Corporation, an Illinois Corporation, Appeal of Howard M. FeatherCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
- Steward v. BowenCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
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