The following excerpt is from Bailey v. Berryhill, No. 2:17-cv-2066 AC (E.D. Cal. 2018):
and that she was scheduled to see an orthopedic surgeon. AR 357. Plaintiff, however, ultimately rejected surgery. AR 391. Her course of treatment cannot be characterized as anything other than conservative, and some ebbing and flowing of symptoms is not inconsistent with generally successful pain control. Because conservative treatment inconsistent with a medical opinion is a specific and legitimate reason to reject a physician's testimony, Hanes v. Colvin, 651 F. App'x 703, 705 (9th Cir. 2016), this court finds no error.
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