Legal Opinion
Linda P. Barrett v. Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Commissioner of Social Security
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 22, 2004No. 03-1063PublishedCited by 168 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Linda Barrett appeals from the district court’s affirmance of the denial by an administrative law judge of her application for social security disability benefits. Barrett, who was 39 years old at the time of her hearing before the administrative law judge and has a high school education, is extremely obese, weighing more than 300 pounds even though she is only 5 feet 1 inch tall. She also has a severe hearing loss in both ears, osteoarthritis in both knees, and numbness and pain in an arm and hand that may be due to carpal tunnel syndrome, although the administrative…
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