Legal Opinion

Shirley HARMON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Kenneth S. APFEL, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-Appellee

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided February 19, 1999No. 98-5412PublishedCited by 234 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

MERRITT, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff appeals the judgment of the district court affirming the denial of supplemental security benefits. Claimant is not requesting review of the factual findings relating to her vocational profile or her residual functional capacity. Instead, the question presented is whether there are a significant number of jobs that the claimant can be expected to perform given the claimant’s limitations and the distance she would be required to travel to find work. Because we find that the denial is supported by substantial evidence on the record as a whole, we affirm.

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2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Johnny W. HALL, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1988
  2. Jerry BORN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1990
  3. Cornelius Dressel v. Joseph A. Califano, Jr., Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1977
  4. Eustacia Lopez Diaz v. Secretary of Health, Education and WelfareCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1978
  5. Bennett Stewart v. Louis Sullivan, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1990

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3Cited by234 opinions

  1. Carlos Gutierrez v. Commissioner of Social SecuritCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2014
  2. Brooke Taskila v. Comm'r of Social SecurityCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2016
  3. Heather Browning v. Carolyn ColvinCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2014
  4. Jennifer Sims v. Comm of Social SecurityCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2011
  5. Linda P. Barrett v. Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Commissioner of Social SecurityCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2004

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