Is a treating physician's opinion given greater weight than that of a non-treating physician?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from McMillen v. Berryhill, Case No. 1:17-cv-00664-SKO (E.D. Cal. 2018):
the opinion of a treating physician over non-treating physicians." (citing 20 C.F.R. 404.1527)). The opinions of treating physicians "are given greater weight than the opinions of other physicians" because "treating physicians are employed to cure and thus have a greater opportunity to know and observe the patient as an individual." Smolen v. Chater, 80 F.3d 1273, 1285 (9th Cir. 1996) (citations omitted).
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