The following excerpt is from Carrigan v. Colvin, Case No. 1:13-cv-00458-SKO (E.D. Cal. 2014):
Plaintiff cites Benton v. Barnhart, in which the court found that because the claimant's psychiatrist oversaw the claimant's treatment team, he was entitled to the weight of a treating physician even though he had seen the claimant only once. 331 F.3d 1030 (9th Cir. 2003) (finding psychiatrist was entitled to weight of a treating doctor when the psychiatrist (1) was transmitting both his own knowledge and that of a medical treatment team under his supervision, (2) had the opportunity to direct and communicate the treatment team over time, and (3) continually consulted with claimant's other therapists).
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