Legal Opinion
Duane FINES, Appellant, v. Kenneth S. APFEL, Commissioner of Social Security, Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided October 21, 1998No. 97-3254PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEAM, Circuit Judge.
Duane Fines appeals the district court’s affirmance of the denial of Social Security disability benefits. We affirm.
1. BACKGROUND
Fines is sixty years old. He was employed for more than thirty years as a truck driver. He has an eighth-grade education and suffers from back and knee pain.
At the hearing, Fines testified that his work as a city delivery truck driver generally involved lifting up to' 100 pounds. He testified that he loaded and unloaded trucks and delivered freight all day. He estimated that he could presently lift no more than a bag of groceries. His activities…
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