The following excerpt is from Rogers v. Bowen, 881 F.2d 1084 (9th Cir. 1989):
As noted in Schisler v. Bowen, 851 F.2d 43 (2d Cir.1988), the nature of the relationship between the appellant and the physician determines whether the physician is a treating physician.
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