September 23, 2005
Another significant decision out of the Seventh Circuit involving inference of an onset date when contemporaneous medical evidence isn’t available. Circuit Judge Diane P. Wood, writing for the Court, finds that the ALJ did not properly apply SSR 83-20 when he failed to explore alternative sources of evidence to determine the onset date when [...]
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July 26, 2005
The Seventh Circuit, in an opinion by Circuit Judge Joel M. Flaum, affirms a denial of concurrent benefits at step 5. The Court rejects Haynes’s contention that because he couldn’t perform the full range of light work but could perform the full range of sedentary work, the sedentary rules corresponding to his age, education and [...]
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