Legal Opinion
Diana Phillips v. Michael J. Astrue
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 29, 2012No. 11-1969PublishedCited by 160 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BYE, Circuit Judge.
Diana Phillips filed applications for supplemental security income benefits and disabled widow’s benefits. In conjunction with the medical-vocational guidelines, 20 C.F.R. Part 404, Subpart P, Appendix 2, the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) found Phillips was not disabled. After granting review, the Appeals Council, and later the district court, affirmed the ALJ’s finding. The sole issue in this appeal is whether the Commissioner failed to consider whether Phillips, who was four months shy of her fifty-fifth birthday, should have been classified as being of “advanced age,”…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- King v. AstrueCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2009
- Lockwood v. Commissioner Social Security AdministrationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2010
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3Cited by160 opinions
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