Legal Opinion
Shauger v. Astrue
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 22, 2012No. 11-3232PublishedCited by 380 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAUER, Circuit Judge.
Virgil M. Shauger, a 50-year-old former welder who suffers from a nerve disorder that impairs his vision, challenges the denial of his application for Social Security-disability benefits. An Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) disbelieved Shauger’s testimony about the severity of headaches caused by his condition, and on that basis found him not disabled. Because this adverse credibility determination is not supported by substantial evidence, we return the case to the agency for further proceedings.
I. BACKGROUND
Shauger operated a welding company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, from…
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