prepared prior to that date, completed by Dr. Miller on March 11, 2004, stated plaintiff should not “lift, sit, [or] stand for any length of time,” and described plaintiffs prognosis as “poor to guarded,” (BA 266), that form was completed nine months prior to the FCE and over 16 months prior to the termination of plaintiffs LTD benefits. The September 19, 2005 note from Dr. Miller, received after defendant terminated plaintiffs benefits, (BA 19), provides no information about Dr. Miller’s then current relationship with plaintiff, if any, or the basis for his opinion. A plan administrator need not accord special deference to conclusory medical opinions even if offered by a treating physician. See Jordan, 370 F.3d at 875; see also Magallanes v. Bowen, 881 F.2d 747, 751 (9th Cir.1989) (<HOLDING>) (internal quotation and citation omitted).
holding that use of social security benefits satisfied child support obligation holding that the weight given to a treating physicians opinion is limited if the opinion consists only of conclusory statements holding that the weight given a treating physicians opinion is limited if the opinion consists only of conclusory statements holding in context of application for social security benefits factfinder need not accept a treating physicians opinion which is brief and conclusory in form with little in the way of clinical findings to support its conclusion holding that a treating physicians opinion may be rejected if it is brief conclusory and unsupported by medical evidence