Ben Hensley v. Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Commissioner, Social Security Administration

BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.

Ben Hensley appeals the decision of the District Court affirming the denial of his application for social security disability benefits. We reverse and remand the case for further proceedings because the Social Security Commissioner’s determination that Hensley retained the ability to engage in substantial gainful activity is not supported by substantial evidence.

Hensley, now forty-two years old, worked off-and-on as an unskilled laborer in various occupations before he injured his back in a work accident in 1993. The accident, which resulted in a compression fracture of…