Garland M. Ross v. Kenneth S. Apfel, Commissioner of Social Security Administration

RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

Garland Ross appeals the denial of his application for social-security disability benefits. He argues that the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) based the denial on insubstantial evidence. The District Court upheld the denial. We agree with the claimant that the denial was not based on substantial evidence on the record as a whole, and we therefore reverse.

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Mr. Ross is a 42-year-old man, and was fust diagnosed with sickle cell anemia when he was six months old. Despite having sickle cell anemia, he worked as a factory laborer for Honeywell Corporation from 1978…