Legal Opinion
Helen Marie Lee v. Kenneth S. Apfel
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided October 4, 2001No. 01-1622Unpublished
1Per curiam
Helen Marie Lee appeals the District Court’s 2 order affirming the Commissioner’s denial of disability insurance benefits. Having carefully reviewed the record, see Hunt v. Massanari, 250 F.3d 622, 623-24 (8th Cir.2001) (standard of review), we affirm.
In her January 1995 application, Lee claimed disability since August 1994 from back problems. After a March 1998 hearing, the administrative law judge (ALJ) found Lee not disabled, because-although she could not perform her past relevant work-she could perform jobs identified by a vocational expert to whom a hypothetical had been posed.
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2Cases cited7 opinions
- Peggy S. Dunahoo v. Kenneth S. Apfel, Commissioner, Social Security AdministrationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2001
- Ellen Hunt v. Larry G. Massanari, Acting Commissioner of Social SecurityCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2001
- Charles E. HAJEK, Appellant, v. Donna E. SHALALA, Secretary of Health and Human Services, AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1994
- Planet Productions, Inc. v. Elizabeth ShankCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1997
- Gerald MISNER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Shirley S. CHATER, Commissioner of Social Security, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1996
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