Legal Opinion
Leslie Sun v. Carolyn Colvin, Acting Cmsnr
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 17, 2015No. 14-31058PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEPHEN A. fflGGINSON, Circuit Judge.
Appellant Leslie Sun filed claims for disability insurance benefits (“DIB”) and supplemental security income benefits (“SSI”), alleging disability under the Social Security Act because of a fractured ankle that took place in May 2011. An administrative law judge (“ALJ”) denied her claim, emphasizing that “the record contains very minimal evidence of medical treatment since the alleged onset date and no evidence of medical treatment since August 2011.” In denying her claim, the ALJ concluded that Sun’s impairment did not equal the medical severity of an…
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