Legal Opinion
Schaaf v. Astrue
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 26, 2010No. 09-2820PublishedCited by 334 opinions
1Per curiam
Sean Schaaf applied for Social Security disability benefits after he lost partial use of one arm in a snowmobile accident, claiming that he no longer could perform his past job as a mason or any other job. The Social Security Administration denied his claim after an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) found that Schaaf can still perform light work. The district court upheld that decision. On appeal Schaaf argues that the ALJ gave too little weight to both his treating physician’s opinion and his own testimony about his physical limitations. We affirm the judgment.
I. Background
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2Cases cited17 opinions
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