Legal Opinion
Sykes v. Apfel
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided September 18, 2000No. 99-5755UnknownCited by 181 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
BECKER, Chief Judge.
In this appeal, Clifton Sykes, Sr. challenges the judgment of the District Court affirming the Social Security Administration’s final decision denying him disability benefits. The case compels us to revisit the use of the medical-vocational guidelines in the regulations promulgated under the Social Security Act to establish that there are jobs in the national economy that a claimant can perform when the claimant has both exertional and nonexertional impairments.
After suffering several job-related injuries, Sykes filed for Disability Insurance Benefits…
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3Cited by181 opinions
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