Legal Opinion
Krystal Goins v. Carolyn Colvin
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 19, 2014No. 13-3729PublishedCited by 390 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff filed suit in federal district court seeking to overturn the denial of her application for Supplemental Security Income, a disability benefit for poor people. The Social Security Administration’s administrative law judge who adjudicated her claim found both that she was not a credible witness and (relatedly) that medical evidence did not support her testimony that she suffered from acute pain as a result of having a herniated spinal disc (colloquially a “slipped disc”). The district court affirmed the denial of benefits, precipitating this appeal.
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