What is the difference between the opinion of an examining physician and that of a non-examining physician?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Walsh v. Astrue, 1:10-cv-01060 LJO GSA (E.D. Cal. 2011):

The opinion of an examining physician is, in turn, entitled to greater weight than the opinion of a nonexamining physician. Pitzer v. Sullivan, 908 F.2d 502, 506 (9th Cir. 1990);

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