Legal Opinion
Patty Carradine v. Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Commissioner of Social Security
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 12, 2004No. 02-4318PublishedCited by 410 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Applicants for social security benefits who claim to be disabled from working because of extreme pain make the job of a social security administrative law judge a difficult one. Medical science confirms that pain can be severe and disabling even in the absence of “objective” medical findings, that is, test results that demonstrate a physical condition that normally causes pain of the severity claimed by the applicant. E.g., Dennis C. Turk & Akiko Okifuji, “Assessment of Patients’ Reporting of Pain: An Integrated Perspective,” 353 Lancet 1784 (1999); Paula M. Trief et…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Joseph A. Zurawski v. William A. Halter, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, .Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2001
- Josephine A. FOOTE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Shirley S. CHATER, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1995
- Shirley J. Vertigan v. William A. Halter, Acting Commissioner of Social SecurityCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2001
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3Cited by410 opinions
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