- A federal judge found in 2008 that a medical opinion of a Pennsylvania doctor who says U.S. Senate hopeful John Fetterman is able to work despite a recent stroke was unreliable in an applicant’s appeal case over Social Security benefits.
- In Crouch v. Astrue, argued in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania before Judge Donetta W. Ambrose, an opinion provided by Dr. Clifford Chen was scrutinized in a case where an applicant for Social Security disability benefits, Betsy Crouch, was denied those benefits, and then appealed to the Commonwealth’s then-Commissioner of Social Security, Michael J. Astrue.
- Crouch sought benefits for spinal disorder and depression and hoped the opinion of Chen would help her case, but his findings were rejected in administrative proceedings. A judge had ruled Chen’s opinion that she receive benefits was inconsistent with his own notes.
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Fetterman’s Doctor’s Opinion In Disability Case Was Unreliable, Judges Found
