that plaintiff exhibited an antalgic gait, moved slowly, and used double-braced canes to assist him. These observations, without more, are not the type of information from a treating physician which will be provided great weight under 20 C.F.R. § 404.1513(b). Additionally, 20 C.F.R. § 404.1527(a)(2) defines medical opinions as assertions involving judgments about a patient’s “symptoms, diagnosis and prognosis.” Dr. Naum diagnosed plaintiff with spondylolisthesis, bulging at L5-S1, obesity, hypertension, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cardiac dysrhythmias, and tobacco addiction. Dr. Naum recorded medical evidence of a slight spasm of the left paraspinal muscle on palpatation as well as decreased sensory to light touch i Comm’r of Soc. Sec., 482 F.3d 873, 877 (6th Cir.2007) (<HOLDING>). Since Dr. Naum made no medical judgments, the
holding that doctors opinions are not due much weight when based solely on reports made by a patient that the alj found to be incredible holding that alj properly rejected opinions based on invalid objective studies holding that nontreating physicians opinions are entitled to little weight when contradictory to treating physicians opinions and will not constitute substantial evidence standing alone holding that the alj erred by rejecting a treating physicians opinion in favor of opinions issued by nontreating doctors without providing a sufficient rationale holding that the alj did not err in discounting a claimants reports of pain where they were not supported by the medical record