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· 1/30/1996

Ruth A. BAUMGARTEN, Appellant, v. Shirley S. CHATER, Commissioner of Social Security, Appellee

Citations

  • 75 F.3d 366
  • 1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 1136
  • 1996 WL 32592

How courts have described this case

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  • making bed, preparing food, performing light housekeeping, grocery shopping, and visiting friends not substantial evidence claimant could perform competitive work
  • claimant \need not prove her pain precludes all productive activity and confines her to a life in front of the television\
  • “We have repeatedly held . . . that the ‘ability to do activities such as light housework and visiting with friends provides little or no support for the finding that a claimant can perform full-time competitive work.’”

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Judges: Bowman, Gibson, Wollman

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