Legal Opinion
Wayne T. BAKER, Appellant, v. Kenneth S. APFEL, Commissioner of Social Security Administration, Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 10, 1998No. 98-1368PublishedCited by 260 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEAM, Circuit Judge.
Wayne Baker appeals the ruling of the district court affirming an administrative law judge’s denial of social security disability benefits. Because the administrative law judge (ALJ) failed to consider Baker’s inability to work on a full-time basis, there is not substantial evidence to support the ALJ’s decision. Accordingly, we reverse.
I. BACKGROUND
Baker, who was forty-nine years old at the time of the hearing in November 1994, spent most of his life working in unskilled or semiskilled positions requiring physical labor. He was employed as a survey crew supervisor,…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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