The following excerpt is from Rosas v. Comm'r of Soc. Sec., Case No. 1:15-cv-00002-LJO-SAB (E.D. Cal. 2016):
While "a conservative course of treatment can undermine allegations of debilitating pain, such fact is not a proper basis for rejecting the claimant's credibility where the claimant has a good reason for not seeking more aggressive treatment." Carmickle v. Astrue, 533 F.3d 1155, 1162 (9th Cir. 2008) (citing Orn v. Astrue, 495 F.3d at 638).
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