Legal Opinion
L.D.R. by WAGNER v. Berryhill
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 15, 2019No. 18-1763PublishedCited by 243 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Brennan, Circuit Judge.
*1149 A mother contests the decision that her minor son (whom we refer to as L.D.R.) did not qualify for social security disability benefits until second grade. She also seeks retroactive payments for the first year of L.D.R.'s life, before she applied for assistance, challenging the constitutionality of social security laws that bar benefits before application.
We conclude that the administrative law judge's opinion was properly reasoned and well supported by substantial evidence. We also reject the mother's constitutional challenge to the social security laws and agree with…
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