Legal Opinion
Mildred Thomas v. Carolyn Colvin
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 11, 2014No. 13-2602PublishedCited by 567 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
Mildred Thomas suffers from a number of potentially-disabling impairments, including sciatica, angina, degenerative disc disease, fibromyalgia, and diabetes. The Social Security Administration denied her request for disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income. The district court affirmed on appeal. We reverse.
I. Backgkound
Thomas filed an application for disability insurance benefits in December 2009, claiming that she suffered from sciatica, diabetes, angina, a trigger thumb in her left hand, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (“COPD”). She was…
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