Legal Opinion
Blakley v. Commissioner of Social Security
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided September 24, 2009No. 08-6270PublishedCited by 2,285 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SUHRHEINRICH, Circuit Judge.
Thomas Blakley seeks review of a district court’s judgment affirming the decision of an administrative law judge (“ALJ”), who denied Blakley’s request for social security disability benefits. Blakley argues that the ALJ improperly rejected the opinions of his treating physicians and failed to provide reasons on the record for according them less than controlling weight. Because the ALJ failed to “give good reasons” for discounting the opinions of Blakley’s treating physicians, in violation of 20 C.F.R. § 404.1527(d)(2), we REVERSE the judgment of the…
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