Legal Opinion
Rick Whitman v. Carolyn W. Colvin
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 7, 2014No. 13-2215PublishedCited by 94 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RILEY, Chief Judge.
Rick Whitman applied for disability insurance benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 401-434. The Acting Commissioner of Social Security (Commissioner) denied Whitman benefits, and the district court 1 affirmed the Commissioner’s decision. Whitman appeals. We have appellate jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
Rick Whitman claims he has been disabled since June 15, 2007, because of degenerative disc disease and right thumb degenerative joint disease. Whitman's spotty work history since 1997 consists of manual labor jobs, and…
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