Legal Opinion
Gregory Andler v. Shirley S. Chater, Commissioner of Social Security Administration
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 21, 1996No. 95-3186PublishedCited by 111 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEAM, Circuit Judge.
Gregory Andler appeals the denial of Social Security benefits. Because we find that Andler’s two brief periods of employment in a twenty-four year period of disabling mental illness were unsuccessful work attempts, we reverse.
I. BACKGROUND
Andler is forty-nine years old. He has a high-school education and previous work experience as a carpenter’s helper. He is a Vietnam veteran and has been diagnosed as suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). He applied for disability benefits on October 10, 1991, alleging a disability onset date of December 1972. Andler’s…
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