Legal Opinion
Iris Vega v. Commissioner of Social Security
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided September 20, 2001No. 00-14934PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUBINA, Circuit Judge:
Appellant, Iris Vega (“Vega”), appeals the district court’s order affirming the Commissioner of Social Security’s (“the Commissioner”) denial of disability insurance benefits. We reverse.
I. BACKGROUND
A. Facts
The evidence presented at an administrative hearing before an Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) revealed the following facts. At the time of the hearing, Vega was a 58 year-old woman who completed the tenth grade in school. She worked as a secretary at a cabinet company and as a drug store clerk. Vega fell and injured herself in 1992 and received unemployment…
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