context: While it may be, as the Commissioner argues, that the opinions of these non-treating sources could constitute substantial evidence in some cases, there is. no basis for this conclusion here, given the absence of opinions from those in the best position to gauge the Child's progress: the physician who diagnosed the Child and prescribed the medication, and the psychiatrist who met with him consistently from the diagnosis onward. It is the treating sources who are the "most able to provide a detailed, longitudinal picture of [a claimant's] medical impairment(s) and [who] may bring a unique perspective to the medical evidence that cannot be obtained from the objective medical findings alone or from reports of individual examinations, such as consultative examinations or brief hospitalizations." 20 C.F.R. SS 404.1527(c)(2). ALJ Shire neither obtained evidence providing this "unique perspective" herself, nor did she advise plaintiff of her right to supplement the record or call the treating doctors as witnesses, as she should have done given her inclination to deny benefits.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.identifier: 569 F.3d 108, 114
citation_a.parenthetical: vacating and remanding "because the ALJ should have developed a more comprehensive record"
citation_a.sentence: See, e.g., Moran v. Astrue, 569 F.3d 108, 114 (2d Cir.2009) (vacating and remanding “because the ALJ should have developed a more comprehensive record”); see also Blash ex rel. D.A.S. v. Colvin, 2014 WL 1278151, at *5 (E.D.N.Y., March 27, 2014) (“The responsibility of an ALJ to fully develop the record is a bedrock principle of Social Security law, and while the ALJ’s decision may ultimately be sustained, it cannot be upheld on the record now before me”) (internal quotation marks and citation omitted).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.identifier: 2014 WL 1278151, at *5
citation_b.parenthetical: "The responsibility of an ALJ to fully develop the record is a bedrock principle of Social Security law, and while the ALJ's decision may ultimately be sustained, it cannot be upheld on the record now before me"
citation_b.sentence: See, e.g., Moran v. Astrue, 569 F.3d 108, 114 (2d Cir.2009) (vacating and remanding “because the ALJ should have developed a more comprehensive record”); see also Blash ex rel. D.A.S. v. Colvin, 2014 WL 1278151, at *5 (E.D.N.Y., March 27, 2014) (“The responsibility of an ALJ to fully develop the record is a bedrock principle of Social Security law, and while the ALJ’s decision may ultimately be sustained, it cannot be upheld on the record now before me”) (internal quotation marks and citation omitted).