Summary:
The Fourth Circuit found that, in denying her Social Security Disability claim, the Administrative Law Judge had erred by misreading the severity findings in two of the three medical opinions and also erred by failing to consider each of the factors listed in 20 C.F.R. § 404.1527(c) before affording only negligible weight to Triplett’s treating physician’s medical opinion.
Commentary:
This case obviously primarily concerns Social Security Disability determinations, but is worth at least some attention from student loan attorneys as this question is pertinent to Total and Permanent Disability applications.
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