Anderson v. Apfel’s Empirical Analysis
1998
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cited by 1 later decisions
December 2000
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Applies 42 U.S.C. § 405 (§ 205 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Richardson v. Perales · Polaski v. Heckler · Woolf v. Shalala · Robinson v. Sullivan · Smith v. Shalala
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“significantly subaverage general intellectual functioning with deficits in adaptive functioning ... The required level of severity for this disorder is met when the requirements of A, B, C, D, E, or F are satisfied ... (D) A valid verbal, performance, or full scale IQ of 60 through 70 and a physical or other mental impairment imposing additional and significant limitation of function.”
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