Legal Opinion
Juana DIAZ, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Donna SHALALA, Secretary of the Department of Health & Human Services, Defendant-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 20, 1995No. 1263, Docket 94-6213PublishedCited by 419 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOSÉ A CABRANES, Circuit Judge:
We review a judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Eugene H. Nickerson, Judge), reversing a final decision by defendant Secretary of Health and Human Services (“the Secretary”), who had found that plaintiff was not entitled to disability benefits under the Social Security Act. 855 F.Supp. 56 (E.D.N.Y.1994). This appeal presents .the question whether plaintiffs chiropractor qualified as a “treating physician” whose opinion warranted “controlling weight” or “binding effect” in evaluating plaintiffs claim for disability…
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