WASHINGTON D.C. — It may soon be harder to file a disability claim with the Social Security Administration.New regulations, which went into effect on Monday, are eliminating the so-called “treating-physician rule.”Until now, the rule required benefits adjudicators to give significant weight to a physician’s report supporting an applicant’s claim for benefits.
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The truth is that Administrative Law Judges have been ignoring the treating physician’s opinion for years. The rule will just embolden this behavior. How is it possible to give weight to a doctor who is paid from SSA, has never seen the claimant and only relies on the medical records.