Randall v. Astrue

Annette Randall appeals a judgment denying her application for supplemental security income benefits. We affirm.

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We first describe the legal framework. 1 The Social Security Act (“SSA”), 42 U.S.C. ch. 7, entitles certain “disabled” individuals to supplemental security income benefits (“SSI benefits”). 42 U.S.C. § 1381a. Un der the statute, disabled individuals are those who are “unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or which has lasted or can be expected to last for a…