Weight of Expert Witness Testimony in a Disability Claim

Abstract

In Dols v. Saul , 931 F.3d 741 (8th Cir. 2019), the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals decided whether an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) from the Social Security Administration (SSA) erred in concluding that the claimant, Mr. Dols, had only moderate functional restriction due to mental illness, thereby