Legal Opinion
Lorenzo Lopez, on Behalf of Roberta Lopez, Deceased v. Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Commissioner of Social Security
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 9, 2003No. 02-2646PublishedCited by 1,517 opinions
1Per curiam
Roberta Lopez applied for disability benefits, claiming initially that she could not work because severe pain in her left shoulder and hand had resulted in loss of use of that hand. The Social Security Administration (“SSA”) denied her application, and while the matter was before an administrative law judge (“ALJ”) Mrs. Lopez expanded her claim to include additional allegations of right-hand impairment. The ALJ, however, concluded that she was not disabled because, according to the ALJ, she retained use of her right hand despite loss of functioning in her left. The ALJ’s decision became the…
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