Is a patient's failure to seek treatment for mental health issues an improper consideration for credibility?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Montelongo v. Colvin, Case No. 1:13-cv-00956-SKO (E.D. Cal. 2014):
Plaintiff argues that his lack of medication compliance is an improper consideration for purposes of credibility because it is a misunderstanding of his mental condition and is an overly broad characterization of the record. Plaintiff cites White v. Comm'r Soc. Sec. Admin., 572 F.3d 272, 283 (6th Cir. 2009) for the proposition that the failure to seek treatment is simply another symptom of the disorder itself.
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