Does the Commissioner of Health and Social Services have the authority to refuse an opinion of a doctor who has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis?
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The following excerpt is from Spain v. Astrue, 1:11-cv-01133 GSA (E.D. Cal. 2012):
doctor, the Commissioner may not reject this opinion without providing "specific and legitimate reasons" supported by substantial evidence in the record for so doing. Murray v. Heckler, 722 F.2d 499, 502 (9th Cir. 1983).
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