Key legal question
Whether the lower courts properly appreciated the psychiatric medical evidence in denying invalidity benefits.
Extracted holding
No. The SMR report could not be given full probative value because it ignored a relevant long-term neuroleptic and anxiolytic treatment and therefore was not sufficiently complete or convincing.
Extracted reasoning
A medical report must address the contested issues comprehensively and on the basis of a complete anamnesis. The SMR psychiatrist failed to take account of medication strongly indicating an ongoing psychotic condition, which should have created serious doubt as to the report's reliability.