United States Seventh Circuit

In an action for Disability Insurance Benefits and Supplemental Security Income (SSI), based on a claim that plaintiff's fibromyalgia rendered her disabled as that term is defined by the Social Security Act, denial of disability benefits is affirmed over claims that the ALJ: 1) erroneously concluded that her descriptions of the severity her ailments were not credible; and 2) improperly evaluated the medical opinions of two of her treating physicians.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/04/2008
• Decided 06/16/2008
• Published 06/16/2008

Judges

• KANNE, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, KANNE, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Joseph W. Shull (argued), Fort Wayne, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Charles R. Goldstein (argued), Social Security Administration, Office of the General Counsel, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.