Legal Opinion
Christine Bjornson v. Michael Astru
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 31, 2012No. 11-2422PublishedCited by 644 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a decision by the district court affirming the denial of social security disability benefits by an administrative law judge, whose decision became final when the Social Security Administration’s Appeals Council denied the applicant leave to appeal the Council’s decision.
After an automobile accident in 1999 Christine Bjornson began having severe back pains. Three years later she was diagnosed with a “Chiari malformation,” which is a protrusion of brain tissue into the spinal canal. The malformation may have been caused by the accident, but probably…
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