United States Tenth Circuit

Administrative law judge may disregard a treating physician's conclusions that disability applicant could not work where the conclusions were not based on medical examination.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/28/2001
• Published 11/28/2001

Judges

• HENRY, Circuit Judge., Before HENRY, PORFILIO, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James Harris, Oklahoma City, OK, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Daniel G. Webber, Jr., United States Attorney, Robert A. Bradford, Assistant United States Attorney, Oklahoma City, OK, and Tina M. Waddell, Regional Chief Counsel, Region VI, Mark J. Kingsolver, Deputy Regional Chief Counsel, and Mary F. Lin, Assistant Regional Counsel, Office of the General Counsel, Social Security Administration, Dallas, TX, for Defendant-Appellee.