Legal Opinion
Helen AMBERS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Margaret M. HECKLER, Secretary of Health & Human Services, Defendant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided July 19, 1984No. 83-7282PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RONEY, Circuit Judge:
The interesting question on this social security appeal is whether benefits can be denied to a claimant who meets the disability listing for mental retardation but had been previously gainfully employed with that handicap. We hold that since claimant meets the listing, she is entitled to benefits regardless of the fact that she may be able to hold gainful employment as she did in the past.
Helen Ambers appeals the district court’s affirmance of the denial of Social Security disability benefits, 42 U.S.C.A. §§ 416(i), 423. Having a performance I.Q. of 52, she meets the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- William P. Wiggins v. Richard S. Schweiker, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
- Betty J. Boyd v. Margaret M. Heckler, Secretary of Health and Human Services, United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
- Wilburn C. Anderson v. Richard S. Schweiker, Secretary of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Townsend v. HecklerDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1983
- Wright v. SchweikerDistrict Court, M.D. Tennessee · 1983
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3Cited by38 opinions
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- Hans Schink v. Commissioner of Social SecurityCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2019
- John LOWERY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Louis W. SULLIVAN, MD, Sec., Dept. of Health & Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1992
- James A. HUTCHISON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1986
- Kenneth E. POPP, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Margaret M. HECKLER, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1986
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