Legal Opinion
John F. Masterson, Jr. v. Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Commissioner of Social Security
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 4, 2002No. 01-51137PublishedCited by 276 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
John Masterson appeals a judgment entered by the magistrate judge, sitting by consent of the parties (hereinafter the “district court” or the “court”), affirming the Social Security Commissioner’s decision to deny his application for disability benefits. Concluding that substantial evidence supports the administrative law judge’s (“ALJ’s”) denial of benefits, we affirm.
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Masterson, an accountant by training, applied for Social Security disability benefits in 1994, claiming he had suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder (“PTSD”) since 1993 because of his…
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