Legal Opinion
Betty Brown v. Carolyn W. Colvin
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 22, 2016No. 16-1066PublishedCited by 351 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.
Betty Brown applied for disability benefits on the ground that her bad back and obesity left her in too much pain to work. The Social Security Administration denied Brown’s application, and after holding a hearing, an administrative law judge (ALJ) upheld the denial, concluding that Brown could perform sedentary work associated with six jobs identified by a vocational expert.
Brown challenges this denial of benefits on several grounds. First, she argues that the ALJ insufficiently considered her obesity. We disagree. The ALJ repeatedly stated that he had considered…
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