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What kinds of evidence is the SSA required to consider for my SSI SSDI disability claim? All forms of evidence. 20 C.F.R. §404.1527; 20 C.F.R. §416.927 sets forth how medical opinion evidence must be considered and weighed. The regulation points out that the Agency will consider every opinion it gets, that it will make findings about all opinion evidence and that it will give “good reasons” for crediting and rejecting all opinion evidence. The “good reasons” clause is found in subsection (d)(2) of the regulation. The Sixth Circuit issued a very helpful decision, relying on this subsection, to hold SSA must always give a reason for rejecting opinion evidence and it must be a good reason. See Wilson v. Commissioner of Social Sec., 378 F.3d 541, 544-45 (6th Cir. 2004).Subsection (d) is also important because it sets out the five factors the Agency considers in weighing medical opinion evidence: (1) examining relationship; (2) treatment relationship; (3) supportability; (4) consistency; (5) specialization; and (6) catchall. Subsection (d)(2) also states “if we find that a treating source’s opinion on the issue of the nature and severity of your impairment is well-supported by medically acceptable clinical and laboratory diagnostic techniques and is not inconsistent with the other substantial evidence in your case record, we will give it controlling weight.” This may be the most persuasive argument a practitioner will ever have that a client is disabled. If your client’s doctor h...