What is the test for rejecting testimony of a lay witness who is a relative of the claimant?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Vieira v. Berryhill, No. 2:15-cv-1685 DB (E.D. Cal. 2017):
The mere fact that a lay witness is a relative of the claimant cannot be a ground for rejecting the witness's testimony. Regennitter, 166 F.3d at 1298; Smolen, 80 F.3d at 1289. Moreover, "the reasons 'germane to each witness' must be specific." Bruce v. Astrue, 557 F.3d
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1113, 1115 (9th Cir. 2009) (quoting Stout v. Comm'r, 454 F.3d 1050, 1054 (9th Cir. 2006)).
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