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Tag Archives: Social Security Disability Benefits

Administrative: Social Security Disability Benefits-Supplemental Security Income-Failure to Meet Listed Impairment

Petitioner appealed the district court’s judgment affirming the denial of petitioner’s application for disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income. Where substantial evidence supported the ALJ’s finding that petitioner’s impairments did not meet any listings and where petitioner’s post-hearing evidence ...

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Administrative: Social Security Disability Benefits-Denial of Application-Sufficiency of Evidence

  Plaintiff applied for Social Security disability benefits, alleging mild intellectual disability, low education, slow learning ability and memory problems. Although an Administrative Law Judge found plaintiff had three severe impairments, the ALJ concluded that none of the impairments alone ...

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Administrative: Social Security Disability Benefits-Residual Functional Capacity-Failure to Address Treating Physician’s Testimony

Plaintiff appealed an administrative law judge’s decision denying plaintiff’s application for Social Security disability benefits. The ALJ concluded plaintiff had a residual functional capacity for sedentary work with some physical restrictions, based on the testimony of several non-treating physicians who ...

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Administrative: Social Security Disability Benefits-Residual Functional Capacity-ALJ’s Credibility Determination

Plaintiff applied for Social Security disability benefits after leaving her job. Petitioner requested an administrative hearing, presenting voluminous medical records. An Administrative Law Judge concluded that plaintiff did not have a listed impairment and had RFC to perform sedentary work ...

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