The Treating Doctor Rule in Social Security Disability cases

 Up until 2017, Social Security followed the “treating physician rule” when evaluating disability claims. This meant if the claimant’s doctor said the claimant was disabled and said how restricted the claimant was then that opinion was entitled to “great weight” by the Social Security Administration. But after 2017, there was a change. Now the treating doctor’s opinion is treated just like other medical records, Thus, it is now more difficult to secure Social Security Disability.