United States Seventh Circuit

Administrative Law Judge improperly denied disability insurance benefits to sixty-four year old man with eighth-grade education by making flawed credibility determinations, erroneously making an independent medical determination, and failing to properly weigh medical opinions pursuant to 20 CFR 404.1527(d).

Appellate Information

• Argued 07/12/2000
• Decided 11/03/2000
• Published 11/03/2000

Judges

• ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge., Before RIPPLE, ROVNER, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Barry A. Schultz (argued), Evanston, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jessie Wang-Grimm (argued), Shefali N. Baxi, Social Security Administration, Office of the General Counsel, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.