Legal Opinion
Tabitha S. Griffith v. John J. Callahan, Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 11, 1998No. 97-1505PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAUER, Circuit Judge.
Tabitha Griffith appeals the final decision of the Commissioner of Social Security finding that she was not entitled to supplemental security income under Title XVI of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1381a and 1382c. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.
Background
Since her birth on May 5, 1974, Tabitha Griffith has suffered spina bifida with resultant neurogenic bladder (dysfunction of the urinary bladder caused by a lesion of the central or peripheral nervous system). She has undergone numerous surgeries to correct the urinary and bowel incontinence…
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