Lillian THOMAS, Appellant, v. Louis W. SULLIVAN, M.D., Secretary of Health and Human Services, Appellee

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• holding claimant's ability to do light housework with assistance, attend church, visit with friends on the phone does not demonstrate claimant's ability to work
• recognizing “a claimant need not prove she is bedridden or completely helpless to be found disabled”
• stating that claimant's “ability to do light housework with assistance, attend church, or visit with friends on the phone does not qualify as the ability to do substantial gainful activity.”
• stating that claimant's “ability to do light housework with assistance, attend church, or visit with friends on the phone does not qualify as the ability to do substantial gainful activity.”
• \[A] claimant need not prove she is bedridden or completely helpless to be found disabled.\
• “[A] claimant need not prove she is bedridden or completely helpless to be found disabled.”

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