643 F. Supp. 770 - Hayes v. Bowen’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
4 district ·
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Applies 42 U.S.C. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 423 (§ 223 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Richardson v. Perales · Securities and Exchange Commission v. Chenery Corporation · Dumas v. Schweiker · Taylor v. Heckler · Jones v. Heckler
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“Plaintiff is a sixty-[three]-year-old woman with a ninth-grade education. Her work experience includes employment as an office cleaner, domestic, stockroom clerk and, from 1966 to 1973, as a stock clerk in a drug store. Plaintiff has not held a job since 1973. On May 19, 1981, plaintiff filed applications for Disability Insurance Benefits and Supplemental Security Income (“SSI”). Plaintiff alleged that she had been disabled since January, 1975 due to obesity, a hernia, hypertension, stomach problems, and arthritis. Since claimant last met the special earnings requirements of the Social Security Act on March 31, 1978, she is entitled to disability benefits only if she is found to have been disabled prior to that date. During initial administrative consideration of her claim, plaintiff was examined by several doctors who reported that she was obese and was experiencing hypertension, varicose veins, degenerative arthritis, a sliding hiatal hernia, and irritable bowel syndrome. Several pre-1978 medical reports also were examined. On December 8, 1982, an Administrative Law Judge (“AU”) found that plaintiff was suffering from obesity, degenerative arthritis and pain resulting therefrom, hypertension, venous insufficiency, and irritable bowel syndrome and concluded that plaintiff was “disabled” as of May 19, 1981 for purposes of receiving SSI payments. The AU also concluded, however, that plaintiff was not entitled to disability benefits because she had not established a “severe” im”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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