Lewis v. Callahan
Is it still good law? What later courts have actually done to this case.
Status
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Later courts, including Hughes v. Social Security Administration, identify Lewis as a source of the former rule. Lewis continues to govern earlier claims, and later opinions still cite its other holdings on substantial evidence and functional capacity.
28 later cases cite Lewis v. Callahan; 28 of those citations sat close to treatment language and were flagged for reading, and all of them have been read. Citations that did not sit near treatment language were not flagged and were not read one by one, so a court that weakened this case without using any of that language would not appear here.
Relying on Lewis v. Callahan?
This page shows what later courts did to it. Ask about your specific facts and see whether it still carries your argument, with citations you can check.
Treatments
Abrogated
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For claims filed on or after March 27, 2017, the Eleventh Circuit held that the revised Social Security regulation displaced its prior treating physician rule, including the deference Lewis required.
Harner v. Social Security Administration · Eleventh Circuit · filed
Because section 404.1520c falls within the scope of the Commissioner’s authority and was not ar- bitrary and capricious, it abrogates our earlier precedents applying the treating-physician rule.
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