Legal Opinion
Silveira v. Apfel
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 2, 2000No. Nos. 97-56186, 98-55225PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Per curiam
These cases raise a common legal question: whether, for the purpose of Social Security disability determinations, a skilled or semi-skilled work history that produced no transferable skills should be treated as equivalent to an unskilled work history. We conclude it should and reverse and remand for reconsideration.
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Both Ernesto Silveira and Efrain Vargas challenge the Commissioner’s find*1259ings and conclusions at the fifth step of the disability evaluation process. See Lester v. Chater, 81 F.3d 821, 828 n. 5 (9th Cir.1996) (describing five-step sequential evaluation process); see also 20 C.F.R.…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Smolen v. ChaterCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1996
- Lester v. ChaterCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995
- Heckler v. CampbellSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Meanel v. ApfelCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1999
- Eleuterio MARTINEZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Margaret M. HECKLER, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
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3Cited by39 opinions
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- Kokal v. MassanariDistrict Court, N.D. California · 2001
- Langley v. AstrueDistrict Court, N.D. Alabama · 2011
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