Legal Opinion
Joan M. PORCH, Appellant, v. Shirley S. CHATER, Commissioner of the Social Security Administration, Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 23, 1997No. 95-4025PublishedCited by 99 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEAM, Circuit Judge.
Joan M. Porch appeals the district court’s affirmance of a denial of Social Security benefits. Because the record does not contain substantial evidence to support the finding of the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ), we reverse and remand for an award of benefits.
I. BACKGROUND
Porch is a fifty-four-year-old woman with degenerative disc disease and carpal tunnel syndrome. She has a twelfth-grade education and one year of vocational training as a licensed practical nurse (LPN). She was employed as an LPN from 1973 until 1988. She began to suffer back pain in January 1989 and…
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