Legal Opinion
Shernita LUCAS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Louis W. SULLIVAN, Secretary of the U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services, Defendant-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided December 14, 1990No. 89-8697PublishedCited by 97 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK, Circuit Judge:
Appellant Shernita Lucas appeals the district court’s affirmance of the decision by an Administrative Law Judge (AU) denying her claim for Supplemental Security Income benefits. We reverse the district court’s order and remand this case to the Secretary because we find that the Secretary failed to fully and fairly develop the record, failed to fully consider the combination of her impairments, and failed to evaluate certain testimony.
BACKGROUND
At the time of the hearing before the AU in December 1987, Ms. Lucas was 29 years old. She completed school through the tenth…
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