Legal Opinion
Stephens v. Barnhart
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 6, 2002No. 02-1474PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Per curiam
Emery Stephens appeals from a district court decision upholding the Commissioner’s denial of social security disability benefits under 42 U.S.C. § 423(d). Stephens, a fifty-five year old man with a tenth grade education, applied for benefits on June 25, 1996, alleging an inability to work since December 15, 1995 because of a fractured left ankle.
After a remand from the Appeals Council in 1999, the Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) held two hearings, at the second of which a vocational expert (“VE”) testified. The ALJ determined that Stephens was “status post left ankle fracture,” and had “a…
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